Adaptive computational methods for variational inequalities based on mixed formulations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1180-1208

  Suttmeier, F T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

A posteriori error estimates; Finite elements; Variational inequalities

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ESTIMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

A POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATION; ADAPTIVE ERROR CONTROL; VARIATIONAL INEQUALITIES;

VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ESTIMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33751517969     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1746     Document Type: Article

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