Acta mathematica scientia,Series A ›› 2018, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (5): 873-882.

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Multigrid Uzawa-Type Mixed Finite Element Methods for Nearly Incompressible Linear Elasticity Problem

Zhihao Ge1,2,*(),Yuanyuan Ge1()   

  1. 1 School of Mathematics and Statistics, Henan University, Henan Kaifeng 475004
    2 Institute of Applied Mathematics, Henan University, Henan Kaifeng 475004
  • Received:2017-07-11 Online:2018-11-09 Published:2018-11-09
  • Contact: Zhihao Ge E-mail:zhihaoge@henu.edu.cn;geyuan920@126.com
  • Supported by:
    the Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province(162300410031);the Excellent Youth Program of Henan University(yqpy20140039)

Abstract:

In this paper, we propose two new multigrid Uzawa-type mixed finite element methods for the nearly incompressible elasticity problem, which could overcome the 'locking' phenomenon. By introducing an extra pressure variable, we reformulate the elasticity problem into a saddle-point system, and by coupling the Uzawa-type method with multigrid methods, we develop two effective iteration methods:multigrid Uzawa-type mixed finite element method and nested iteration multigrid Uzawa-type mixed finite element method. Also, we present the convergent results of the algorithms. The methods are locking-free and stable for any finite element pairs spaces. Finally, we give some numerical examples to verify the theoretical results of the paper.

Key words: Nearly incompressible elasticity problems, Uzawa-type mixed finite element method, Multigrid methods

CLC Number: 

  • O241.82
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