Interior penalty mixed finite element methods of any order in any dimension for linear elasticity with strongly symmetric stress tensor

Shuonan Wu, Shihua Gong, Jinchao Xu

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Abstract

We propose two classes of mixed finite elements for linear elasticity of any order, with interior penalty for nonconforming symmetric stress approximation. One key point of our method is to introduce some appropriate nonconforming face-bubble spaces based on the local decomposition of discrete symmetric tensors, with which the stability can be easily established. We prove the optimal L2-error estimate for displacement and optimal Hh(div) error estimate for stress by adding an interior penalty term. The elements are easy to be implemented thanks to the explicit formulations of its basis functions. Moreover, the method can be applied to arbitrary simplicial grids for any spatial dimension in a unified fashion. Numerical tests for both 2D and 3D are provided to validate our theoretical results.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2711-2743
Number of pages33
JournalMathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences
Volume27
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 30 2017
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Applied Mathematics

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