Finite element approximations of a glaciology problem

Sum S. Chow; Graham F. Carey; Michael L. Anderson

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis (2010)

  • Volume: 38, Issue: 5, page 741-756
  • ISSN: 0764-583X

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In this paper we study a model problem describing the movement of a glacier under Glen's flow law and investigated by Colinge and Rappaz [Colinge and Rappaz, ESAIM: M2AN33 (1999) 395–406]. We establish error estimates for finite element approximation using the results of Chow [Chow, SIAM J. Numer. Analysis29 (1992) 769–780] and Liu and Barrett [Liu and Barrett, SIAM J. Numer. Analysis33 (1996) 98–106] and give an analysis of the convergence of the successive approximations used in [Colinge and Rappaz, ESAIM: M2AN33 (1999) 395–406]. Supporting numerical convergence studies are carried out and we also demonstrate the numerical performance of an a posteriori error estimator in adaptive mesh refinement computation of the problem.

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Chow, Sum S., Carey, Graham F., and Anderson, Michael L.. "Finite element approximations of a glaciology problem." ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis 38.5 (2010): 741-756. <http://eudml.org/doc/194237>.

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