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A family of C^0 finite elements for Kirchhoff plates I: Error analysis

Numerical Analysis 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

A new finite element formulation for the Kirchhoff plate model is presented. The method is a displacement formulation with the deflection and the rotation vector as unknowns and it is based on ideas stemming from a stabilized method for the Reissner--Mindlin model and a method to treat a free boundary. Optimal a-priori and a-posteriori error estimates are derived.

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@article{arxiv.math/0611690,
  title  = {A family of C^0 finite elements for Kirchhoff plates I: Error analysis},
  author = {L. Beirao da Veiga and J. Niiranen and R. Stenberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0611690},
  year   = {2007}
}

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23 pages