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Published April 21, 2003 | public
Journal Article

An adaptive non-conforming finite-element method for Reissner-Mindlin plates

Abstract

Adaptive algorithms are important tools for efficient finite-element mesh design. In this paper, an error controlled adaptive mesh-refining algorithm is proposed for a non-conforming low-order finite-element method for the Reissner–Mindlin plate model. The algorithm is controlled by a reliable and efficient residual-based a posteriori error estimate, which is robust with respect to the plate's thickness. Numerical evidence for this and the efficiency of the new algorithm is provided in the sense that non-optimal convergence rates are optimally improved in our numerical experiments.

Additional Information

© 2003 John Wiley & Sons. Received 6 July 2001. Revised 7 October 2001. Revised 7 October 2001. The first author (KW) thankfully acknowledges partial support by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Graduiertenkolleg 'Eziente Algorithmen und Mehrskalenmethoden'.

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