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A priori error for unilateral contact problems with augmented Lagrange multipliers and IsoGeometric Analysis

Numerical Analysis 2018-04-02 v1

Abstract

The aim of the present work is to extend the a priori error for contact problems with an augmented Lagrangian method. We focus on unilateral contact problem without friction between an elastic body and a rigid one. We consider the pushforward of a NURBS space of degree pp for the displacement and the pushforward of a B-Spline space of degree p2p-2 for the Lagrange multipliers. This specific choice of space is a stable couple of spaces. An optimal a priori error estimate inspired from the Nitsche's method theory is provided and compared to the regularity of the solution. We perform a numerical validation with two- and three-dimensions in small and large deformations with N2/S0N2/S0 and N3/S1N3/S1 elements.

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@article{arxiv.1803.11380,
  title  = {A priori error for unilateral contact problems with augmented Lagrange multipliers and IsoGeometric Analysis},
  author = {Mathieu Fabre},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.11380},
  year   = {2018}
}