Morley Finite Element Method for the von K\'{a}rm\'{a}n Obstacle Problem

DOI10.1051/M2AN/2021042arXiv2009.03205MaRDI QIDQ6348583FDOQ6348583

Authors: C. Carstensen, Sharat Gaddam, Neela Nataraj, Amiya K. Pani, Devika Shylaja 

Publication date: 7 September 2020

Abstract: This paper focusses on the von K'{a}rm'{a}n equations for the moderately large deformation of a very thin plate with the convex obstacle constraint leading to a coupled system of semilinear fourth-order obstacle problem and motivates its nonconforming Morley finite element approximation. The first part establishes the well-posedness of the von K'{a}rm'{a}n obstacle problem and also discusses the uniqueness of the solution under an a priori and an a posteriori smallness condition on the data. The second part of the article discusses the regularity result of Frehse from 1971 and combines it with the regularity of the solution on a polygonal domain. The third part of the article shows an a priori error estimate for optimal convergence rates for the Morley finite element approximation to the von K'{a}rm'{a}n obstacle problem for small data. The article concludes with numerical results that illustrates the requirement of smallness assumption on the data for optimal convergence rate.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical methods for variational inequalities and related problems (65K15) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N12) Error bounds for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N15) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30)

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