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Analysis of Reduced Finite Element Schemes in Parameter Dependent Elliptic Problems

Ville Havu

Dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Science in Technology to be presented with due permission of the Department of Engineering Physics and Mathematics, for public examination and debate in Auditorium G at Helsinki University of Technology (Espoo, Finland) on the 14th of December, 2001, at 12 o'clock noon.

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Abstract

This thesis presents an analysis of modified finite element schemes applied to parameter dependent elliptic problems prone to locking. Two different problems of similar type are considered: the problem of anisotropic heat conduction and the thin shell problem.

This thesis consists of an overview and of the following 5 publications:

  1. V. Havu, J. Pitkäranta: An Analysis of Finite Element Locking in a Parameter Dependent Model Problem, Numer. Math. 89 (2001) 4, 691-714, DOI 10.1007/s002110100277. © 2001 Springer-Verlag. By permission.
  2. V. Havu, J. Pitkäranta: Analysis of a Bilinear Finite Element for Shallow Shells I: Approximation of Inextensional Deformations, Helsinki University of Technology, Institute of Mathematics, Research Report A430 (2000). To appear in Math. Comp. © 2000 authors & American Mathematical Society. By permission.
  3. V. Havu, J. Pitkäranta: Analysis of a Bilinear Element for Shallow Shells II: Consistency Error, Helsinki University of Technology, Institute of Mathematics, Research Report A433 (2001). Submitted to Math. Comp. © 2001 authors & American Mathematical Society. By permission.
  4. V. Havu: An Analysis of Asymptotic Consistency Error in a Parameter Dependent Model Problem, Helsinki University of Technology, Institute of Mathematics, Research Report A434 (2001). Submitted to Numer. Math. © 2001 author & Springer-Verlag. By permission.
  5. V. Havu, H. Hakula: An Analysis of a Bilinear Reduced Strain Element in the Case of an Elliptic Shell in a Bending Dominated State of Deformation in Advances in Computational Engineering & Sciences, Satya N. Atluri, Frederick W. Brust (eds.) (2000), pp. 732-737. © 2000 Tech Science Press. By permission.

Keywords: finite elements, locking, variational crime

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