Fully computable bounds for the error in nonconforming finite element approximations of arbitrary order on triangular elements

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3207-3232

  Ainsworth, Mark ^a   Rankin, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nonconforming finite element; Robust a posteriori error estimation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; CONTROL THEORY;

A POSTERIORI; ARBITRARY ORDERS; ENERGY NORMS; HIGHER ORDERS; LOWER BOUNDS; NONCONFORMING FINITE ELEMENT; NONCONFORMING FINITE ELEMENTS; ROBUST A POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATION; SECOND ORDER ELLIPTIC; TRIANGULAR ELEMENTS; VARIABLE PERMEABILITIES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 55349111516     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/07070838X     Document Type: Article

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