An Elasto-Viscoplastic Contact Problem: An a Posteriori Error Analysis and Computational Experiments

An Elasto-Viscoplastic Contact Problem: An a Posteriori Error Analysis and Computational Experiments

Year:    2011

Author:    J. R. Fernández

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 8 (2011), Iss. 3 : pp. 373–390

Abstract

In this paper, we reconsider a contact problem between an elasto-viscoplastic body and a deformable obstacle. The contact is modeled by the classical normal compliance contact condition. Then, fully discrete approximations are obtained by using the finite element method to approximate the spatial variable and the forward Euler scheme to discretize time derivatives. An a posteriori error analysis is provided and upper and lower error bounds are obtained. Finally, some two-dimensional numerical simulations are presented to demonstrate the accuracy and the behavior of the error estimators.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/2011-IJNAM-691

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 8 (2011), Iss. 3 : pp. 373–390

Published online:    2011-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    18

Keywords:    Elasto-viscoplasticity normal compliance contact fully discrete approximations a posteriori error estimates finite elements numerical simulations.

Author Details

J. R. Fernández