On the construction of optimal mixed finite element methods for the linear elasticity problem (Q1057634)

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On the construction of optimal mixed finite element methods for the linear elasticity problem
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    On the construction of optimal mixed finite element methods for the linear elasticity problem (English)
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    We consider the mixed formulation of the finite element method for linear elasticity, i.e. a formulation where independent approximations are used for both the stresses and the displacements. In the first part of the paper the application of the Babuška-Brezzi theory to this problem is discussed and it is shown, that the use of certain mesh-dependent norms simplifies the analysis considerably. The remaining of the paper is devoted to the construction of mixed methods with optimal convergence rates. A systematic way of constructing such methods is proposed and finally the ideas are applied in some examples.
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    finite element
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    linear elasticity
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    Babuška-Brezzi theory
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    mesh- dependent norms
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    mixed methods
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    optimal convergence rates
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