Analysis of Optimal Finite Element Meshes in R1
Abstract
A theory of a-posteriori estimates for the finite element method was developed earlier. Based on this theory, for a two-point boundary value problem the existence of a unique optimal mesh distribution is proved and its properties analyzed. This mesh is characterized in terms of certain, easily computable local error indicators which in turn allow for a simple adaptive construction of the mesh and also permit the computation of a very effective a-posteriori error bound. While the error estimates are asymptotic in nature, numerical experiments show the results to be excellent already for 10% accuracy. The approaches are not restricted to the model problem considered here only for clarity; in fact, they allow for rather straightforward extensions to more general problems in one dimension as well as to higher order elements.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA053026
Entities
People
- Ivo Babuška
- Werner Rheinboldt
Organizations
- University of Maryland