A finite element discretization of the contact between two membranes
Belgacem, Faker Ben ; Bernardi, Christine ; Blouza, Adel ; Vohralík, Martin
ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Tome 43 (2009), p. 33-52 / Harvested from Numdam
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From the fundamental laws of elasticity, we write a model for the contact between two membranes and we perform the analysis of the corresponding system of variational inequalities. We propose a finite element discretization of this problem and prove its well-posedness. We also establish a priori and a posteriori error estimates.

Publié le : 2009-01-01
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1051/m2an/2008041
Classification:  65N30,  73K10,  73T05 
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Belgacem, Faker Ben; Bernardi, Christine; Blouza, Adel; Vohralík, Martin. A finite element discretization of the contact between two membranes. ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Tome 43 (2009) pp. 33-52. doi : 10.1051/m2an/2008041. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/M2AN_2009__43_1_33_0/

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