Analysis of patch-test consistent atomistic-to-continuum coupling with higher-order finite elements
Numerical Analysis
2016-07-21 v1
Abstract
We formulate a patch test consistent atomistic-to-continuum coupling (a/c) scheme that employs a second-order (potentially higher-order) finite element method in the material bulk. We prove a sharp error estimate in the energy-norm, which demonstrates that this scheme is (quasi-)optimal amongst energy-based sharp-interface a/c schemes that employ the Cauchy--Born continuum model. Our analysis also shows that employing a higher-order continuum discretization does not yield qualitative improvements to the rate of convergence.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1607.05936,
title = {Analysis of patch-test consistent atomistic-to-continuum coupling with higher-order finite elements},
author = {A. S. Dedner and C. Ortner and H. Wu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.05936},
year = {2016}
}