An improved a priori error an alysis for finite element approximations of Signorini's problem

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2400-2419

  Hild, Patrick ^a   Renard, Yves ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

A priori error estimates; Finite elements; Signorini problem; Unilateral contact

Indexed keywords

CONTACT CONDITIONS; CONTACT MODELS; CONVERGENCE RATES; DISCRETE APPROXIMATION; ERROR BOUND; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT APPROXIMATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT SPACE; LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT APPROXIMATIONS; NON-CONTACT; POINCARE; PRIORI ERROR; PRIORI ERROR ESTIMATE; SIGNORINI PROBLEM; TRANSITION POINT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PROBLEM; UNILATERAL CONTACT;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84868380592     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/110857593     Document Type: Article

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