Conforming Mixed Triangular Prism Elements for the Linear Elasticity Problem

Conforming Mixed Triangular Prism Elements for the Linear Elasticity Problem

Year:    2018

Author:    Jun Hu, Rui Ma

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 15 (2018), Iss. 1-2 : pp. 228–242

Abstract

We propose a family of conforming mixed triangular prism finite elements for solving the classical Hellinger-Reissner mixed problem of the linear elasticity equations in three dimensions. These elements are constructed by product of elements on triangular meshes and elements in one dimension. The well-posedness is established for all elements with $k ≥ 1$, which are of $k+1$ order convergence for both the stress and displacement. Besides, a family of reduced stress spaces is proposed by dropping the degrees of polynomial functions associated with faces. As a result, the lowest order conforming mixed triangular prism element has 93 plus 33 degrees of freedom on each element.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/2018-IJNAM-10565

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 15 (2018), Iss. 1-2 : pp. 228–242

Published online:    2018-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    15

Keywords:    Mixed finite element triangular prism element linear elasticity.

Author Details

Jun Hu

Rui Ma