A mixed finite element method for fourth order elliptic equations with variable coefficients

DOI10.1016/0898-1221(84)90052-XMaRDI QIDQ759467zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors S. Balasundaram, P. K. Bhattacharyya

Publication date 1984

Published in Computers & Mathematics with Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0898-1221(84)90052-X

zbMATH Keywords

bending momentsbending problem of a clamped orthotropic platebiharmonic operatorDirichlet problemError estimatesfourth ordermixed finite element methodvariable coefficients

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary value problems for higher-order elliptic equations (35J40) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Plates (74K20) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05)

Review text

The Dirichlet problem for a fourth order selfadjoint elliptic operator with variable coefficients on a convex polygonal region is considered. Using the inverse of an appropriate matrix of the coefficients of the operator another variational problem is stated (a mixed method formulation). This new problem is investigated and its relation to the solution of the initial one is shown. Three examples are considered: The biharmonic operator, the bending problem of a clamped orthotropic plate with variable thickness and the isotropic case. The derived problem is approximated by the finite element method using piecewise polynomial basis functions on the triangles of a regular triangulation of the considered region. Error estimates in Sobolev spaces are proposed. In the case of the considered examples this mixed finite element method gives a simultaneous approximation of the displacement and twisting and actual bending moments which is of a great practical importance.

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