Numerical approximation of the solution of Koiter's model for an elliptic membrane shell subjected to an obstacle via the penalty method

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Autores principales: Peng, Xin, Piersanti, Paolo, Shen, Xiaoqin
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Publicado: 2023
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author Peng, Xin
Piersanti, Paolo
Shen, Xiaoqin
author_facet Peng, Xin
Piersanti, Paolo
Shen, Xiaoqin
contents This paper is devoted to the analysis of a numerical scheme based on the Finite Element Method for approximating the solution of Koiter's model for a linearly elastic elliptic membrane shell subjected to remaining confined in a prescribed half-space. First, we show that the solution of the obstacle problem under consideration is uniquely determined and satisfies a set of variational inequalities which are governed by a fourth order elliptic operator, and which are posed over a non-empty, closed, and convex subset of a suitable space. Second, we show that the solution of the obstacle problem under consideration can be approximated by means of the penalty method. Third, we show that the solution of the corresponding penalised problem is more regular up to the boundary. Fourth, we write down the mixed variational formulation corresponding to the penalised problem under consideration, and we show that the solution of the mixed variational formulation is more regular up to the boundary as well. In view of this result concerning the augmentation of the regularity of the solution of the mixed penalised problem, we are able to approximate the solution of the one such problem by means of a Finite Element scheme. Finally, we present numerical experiments corroborating the validity of the mathematical results we obtained.
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spellingShingle Numerical approximation of the solution of Koiter's model for an elliptic membrane shell subjected to an obstacle via the penalty method
Peng, Xin
Piersanti, Paolo
Shen, Xiaoqin
Numerical Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
This paper is devoted to the analysis of a numerical scheme based on the Finite Element Method for approximating the solution of Koiter's model for a linearly elastic elliptic membrane shell subjected to remaining confined in a prescribed half-space. First, we show that the solution of the obstacle problem under consideration is uniquely determined and satisfies a set of variational inequalities which are governed by a fourth order elliptic operator, and which are posed over a non-empty, closed, and convex subset of a suitable space. Second, we show that the solution of the obstacle problem under consideration can be approximated by means of the penalty method. Third, we show that the solution of the corresponding penalised problem is more regular up to the boundary. Fourth, we write down the mixed variational formulation corresponding to the penalised problem under consideration, and we show that the solution of the mixed variational formulation is more regular up to the boundary as well. In view of this result concerning the augmentation of the regularity of the solution of the mixed penalised problem, we are able to approximate the solution of the one such problem by means of a Finite Element scheme. Finally, we present numerical experiments corroborating the validity of the mathematical results we obtained.
title Numerical approximation of the solution of Koiter's model for an elliptic membrane shell subjected to an obstacle via the penalty method
topic Numerical Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.07671