Finite Elements and Variational Inequalities.

Abstract

In this report we consider the various problems related to the numerical analysis of elliptic variational inequalities. After proving some abstract results concerning the approximation of variational inequalities, we consider the approximation of some specific examples by conforming and non conforming finite element methods. Various iterative methods of solution are also described. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA064035

Entities

People

  • R. Glowinski

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Convex Sets
  • Differential Equations
  • Dirichlet Integral
  • Equations
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Inequalities
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Theorems
  • United States
  • Wisconsin

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.