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Locking-Free Finite Elements for Unilateral Crack Problems in Elasticity

Z. Belhachmi, J.-M. Sac-Epée, S. Tahir (2009)

Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena

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We consider mixed and hybrid variational formulations to the linearized elasticity system in domains with cracks. Inequality type conditions are prescribed at the crack faces which results in unilateral contact problems. The variational formulations are extended to the whole domain including the cracks which yields, for each problem, a smooth domain formulation. Mixed finite element methods such as PEERS or BDM methods are designed to avoid locking for nearly incompressible materials...

On the Unilateral Contact Between Membranes. Part 1: Finite Element Discretization and Mixed Reformulation

F. Ben Belgacem, C. Bernardi, A. Blouza, M. Vohralík (2009)

Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena

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The contact between two membranes can be described by a system of variational inequalities, where the unknowns are the displacements of the membranes and the action of a membrane on the other one. We first perform the analysis of this system. We then propose a discretization, where the displacements are approximated by standard finite elements and the action by a local postprocessing. Such a discretization admits an equivalent mixed reformulation. We prove the well-posedness of the...