An adaptive finite element method for solving a double well problem describing crystalline microstructure

Andreas Prohl

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis (2010)

  • Volume: 33, Issue: 4, page 781-796
  • ISSN: 0764-583X

Abstract

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The minimization of nonconvex functionals naturally arises in materials sciences where deformation gradients in certain alloys exhibit microstructures. For example, minimizing sequences of the nonconvex Ericksen-James energy can be associated with deformations in martensitic materials that are observed in experiments[2,3]. — From the numerical point of view, classical conforming and nonconforming finite element discretizations have been observed to give minimizers with their quality being highly dependent on the underlying triangulation, see [8,24,26,27] for a survey. Recently, a new approach has been proposed and analyzed in [15,16] that is based on discontinuous finite elements to reduce the pollution effect of a general triangulation on the computed minimizer. The goal of the present paper is to propose and analyze an adaptive method, giving a more accurate resolution of laminated microstructure on arbitrary grids.

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Prohl, Andreas. "An adaptive finite element method for solving a double well problem describing crystalline microstructure." ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis 33.4 (2010): 781-796. <http://eudml.org/doc/197413>.

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