An a posteriori error estimator for the Lamé equation based on equilibrated fluxes

IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 331-353

  Nicaise, Serge ^a   Witowski, Katharina ^b   Wohlmuth, Barbara I ^b  

^a Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambrésis   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

A posteriori error estimates; Equilibrated fluxes; Linear elasticity; Mixed finite elements

Indexed keywords

A-POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATES; ARGYRIS ELEMENT; CONFORMING ELEMENTS; HIGHER ORDER TERMS; LINEAR ELASTICITY; MIXED FINITE ELEMENTS; NUMERICAL TESTS; POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATOR;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

EID: 41549109300     PISSN: 02724979     EISSN: 14643642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imanum/drm008     Document Type: Article

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