Abstract
We study the finite element approximation of the Kirchhoff plate equation on domains with curved boundaries using the Hellan-Herrmann-Johnson (HHJ) method. We prove optimal convergence on domains with piecewise Ck+1 boundary for k ≥ 1 when using a parametric (curved) HHJ space. Computational results are given that demonstrate optimal convergence and how convergence degrades when curved triangles of insufficient polynomial degree are used. Moreover, we show that the lowest order HHJ method on a polygonal approximation of the disk does not succumb to the classic Babuška paradox, highlighting the geometrically nonconforming aspect of the HHJ method.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2829-2855 |
Number of pages | 27 |
Journal | SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis |
Volume | 58 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 14 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:∗Received by the editors September 20, 2019; accepted for publication (in revised form) July 21, 2020; published electronically October 13, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1137/19M1288723 Funding: The work of the first author was supported by National Science Foundation grant DMS-1719694 and by Simons Foundation grant 601397. The work of the second author was supported by National Science Foundation grant DMS-155222. †Department of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA (arnold@ umn.edu, http://umn.edu/∼arnold/). ‡Department of Mathematics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4918 USA (walker@math.lsu.edu, http://www.math.lsu.edu/∼walker/).
Keywords
- Babuška paradox
- Geometric consistency error
- Kirchhoff plate
- Mesh-dependent norms
- Parametric finite elements
- Simply supported