A Posteriori Error Estimation in Finite Element Analysis

A Posteriori Error Estimation in Finite Element Analysis
Author: Mark Ainsworth
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2011-09-28
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1118031075

An up-to-date, one-stop reference-complete with applications This volume presents the most up-to-date information available on aposteriori error estimation for finite element approximation inmechanics and mathematics. It emphasizes methods for ellipticboundary value problems and includes applications to incompressibleflow and nonlinear problems. Recent years have seen an explosion in the study of a posteriorierror estimators due to their remarkable influence on improvingboth accuracy and reliability in scientific computing. In an effortto provide an accessible source, the authors have sought to presentkey ideas and common principles on a sound mathematicalfooting. Topics covered in this timely reference include: * Implicit and explicit a posteriori error estimators * Recovery-based error estimators * Estimators, indicators, and hierarchic bases * The equilibrated residual method * Methodology for the comparison of estimators * Estimation of errors in quantities of interest A Posteriori Error Estimation in Finite Element Analysis is a lucidand convenient resource for researchers in almost any field offinite element methods, and for applied mathematicians andengineers who have an interest in error estimation and/or finiteelements.

A Posteriori Error Estimation Techniques for Finite Element Methods

A Posteriori Error Estimation Techniques for Finite Element Methods
Author: Rüdiger Verfürth
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2013-04-18
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0199679428

A posteriori error estimation techniques are fundamental to the efficient numerical solution of PDEs arising in physical and technical applications. This book gives a unified approach to these techniques and guides graduate students, researchers, and practitioners towards understanding, applying and developing self-adaptive discretization methods.

Adaptive Mesh Refinement - Theory and Applications

Adaptive Mesh Refinement - Theory and Applications
Author: Tomasz Plewa
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 550
Release: 2005-12-20
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3540270396

Advanced numerical simulations that use adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) methods have now become routine in engineering and science. Originally developed for computational fluid dynamics applications these methods have propagated to fields as diverse as astrophysics, climate modeling, combustion, biophysics and many others. The underlying physical models and equations used in these disciplines are rather different, yet algorithmic and implementation issues facing practitioners are often remarkably similar. Unfortunately, there has been little effort to review the advances and outstanding issues of adaptive mesh refinement methods across such a variety of fields. This book attempts to bridge this gap. The book presents a collection of papers by experts in the field of AMR who analyze past advances in the field and evaluate the current state of adaptive mesh refinement methods in scientific computing.

Finite Elements

Finite Elements
Author: Ivo Babuska
Publisher:
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2010-11-04
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0198506694

Most of the many books on finite elements are devoted either to mathematical theory or to engineering applications, but not to both. This book presents computed numbers which not only illustrate the theory but can only be analysed using the theory. This approach, both dual and interacting between theory and computation makes this book unique.

The Finite Element Method: Theory, Implementation, and Applications

The Finite Element Method: Theory, Implementation, and Applications
Author: Mats G. Larson
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2013-01-13
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642332870

This book gives an introduction to the finite element method as a general computational method for solving partial differential equations approximately. Our approach is mathematical in nature with a strong focus on the underlying mathematical principles, such as approximation properties of piecewise polynomial spaces, and variational formulations of partial differential equations, but with a minimum level of advanced mathematical machinery from functional analysis and partial differential equations. In principle, the material should be accessible to students with only knowledge of calculus of several variables, basic partial differential equations, and linear algebra, as the necessary concepts from more advanced analysis are introduced when needed. Throughout the text we emphasize implementation of the involved algorithms, and have therefore mixed mathematical theory with concrete computer code using the numerical software MATLAB is and its PDE-Toolbox. We have also had the ambition to cover some of the most important applications of finite elements and the basic finite element methods developed for those applications, including diffusion and transport phenomena, solid and fluid mechanics, and also electromagnetics.​

Adaptive Finite Element Methods for Differential Equations

Adaptive Finite Element Methods for Differential Equations
Author: Wolfgang Bangerth
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2013-11-11
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 303487605X

These Lecture Notes have been compiled from the material presented by the second author in a lecture series ('Nachdiplomvorlesung') at the Department of Mathematics of the ETH Zurich during the summer term 2002. Concepts of 'self adaptivity' in the numerical solution of differential equations are discussed with emphasis on Galerkin finite element methods. The key issues are a posteriori er ror estimation and automatic mesh adaptation. Besides the traditional approach of energy-norm error control, a new duality-based technique, the Dual Weighted Residual method (or shortly D WR method) for goal-oriented error estimation is discussed in detail. This method aims at economical computation of arbitrary quantities of physical interest by properly adapting the computational mesh. This is typically required in the design cycles of technical applications. For example, the drag coefficient of a body immersed in a viscous flow is computed, then it is minimized by varying certain control parameters, and finally the stability of the resulting flow is investigated by solving an eigenvalue problem. 'Goal-oriented' adaptivity is designed to achieve these tasks with minimal cost. The basics of the DWR method and various of its applications are described in the following survey articles: R. Rannacher [114], Error control in finite element computations. In: Proc. of Summer School Error Control and Adaptivity in Scientific Computing (H. Bulgak and C. Zenger, eds), pp. 247-278. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998. M. Braack and R. Rannacher [42], Adaptive finite element methods for low Mach-number flows with chemical reactions.

The Finite Element Method for Boundary Value Problems

The Finite Element Method for Boundary Value Problems
Author: Karan S. Surana
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 824
Release: 2016-11-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1498780512

Written by two well-respected experts in the field, The Finite Element Method for Boundary Value Problems: Mathematics and Computations bridges the gap between applied mathematics and application-oriented computational studies using FEM. Mathematically rigorous, the FEM is presented as a method of approximation for differential operators that are mathematically classified as self-adjoint, non-self-adjoint, and non-linear, thus addressing totality of all BVPs in various areas of engineering, applied mathematics, and physical sciences. These classes of operators are utilized in various methods of approximation: Galerkin method, Petrov-Galerkin Method, weighted residual method, Galerkin method with weak form, least squares method based on residual functional, etc. to establish unconditionally stable finite element computational processes using calculus of variations. Readers are able to grasp the mathematical foundation of finite element method as well as its versatility of applications. h-, p-, and k-versions of finite element method, hierarchical approximations, convergence, error estimation, error computation, and adaptivity are additional significant aspects of this book.

Accuracy Estimates and Adaptive Refinements in Finite Element Computations

Accuracy Estimates and Adaptive Refinements in Finite Element Computations
Author: Ivo Babuška
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 422
Release: 1986
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

This book contains papers discussing the recent developments in adaptive methods and their applications, an area of finite elements methods applicable to the needs of civil engineering. Topics covered range from an exposition of basic theory and techniques to detailed discussions of specific applications. Adaptive approaches, and the computer assessment of the reliability of the results obtained are also examined.

The Finite Element Method and Its Reliability

The Finite Element Method and Its Reliability
Author: Ivo Babuška
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 820
Release: 2001
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780198502760

The finite element method is a numerical method widely used in engineering. Experience shows that unreliable computation can lead to very serious consequences. Hence reliability questions stand are at the forefront of engineering and theoretical interests. This book presents the mathematical theory of the finite element method and is the first to focus on the questions of how reliable computed results really are. It addresses among other topics the local behaviour, errors caused by pollution, superconvergence, and optimal meshes. Many computational examples illustrate the importance of the theoretical conclusions for practical computations. Graduate students, lecturers, and researchers in mathematics, engineering, and scientific computation will benefit from the clear structure of the book, and will find this a very useful reference.