Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät - Institut für Mathematik

Preprint 2014-18

 

Carsten Carstensen and Joscha Gedicke

 

Robust residual-based a posteriori Arnold-Winther mixed finite element analysis in elasticity.

 

 

Abstract: This paper presents a residual-based a posteriori error estimator for the Arnold-Winther mixed finite element that utilises a postprocessing for the skew-symmetric part of the strain. Numerical experiments verify the proven reliability and efficiency for suitable approximation of the skew-symmetric deformation gradient. Numerical evidence supports that the L^2-stress error estimator is robust in the Poisson ratio and allows stable error control even in the incompressible limit for constant material behaviour.

 

Preprint series: Institut für Mathematik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ISSN 0863-0976), 2014-18

 

28 pp.