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Superconvergence of a finite element method for the biharmonic equation
Author(s) -
Lin Jiafu,
Lin Qun
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
numerical methods for partial differential equations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.901
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1098-2426
pISSN - 0749-159X
DOI - 10.1002/num.10010
Subject(s) - biharmonic equation , superconvergence , mathematics , finite element method , vorticity , partial differential equation , element (criminal law) , scheme (mathematics) , mathematical analysis , law , boundary value problem , vortex , structural engineering , physics , mechanics , engineering , political science
Ciarlet‐Raviart's scheme is a finite element method for solving the mixed formulation of the biharmonic equation. So far, there has been no superconvergence for the vorticity from this method if a general rectangular mesh is used. In this article, we deal with the biquadratic elements under the uniform rectangular mesh and prove for the first time a superconvergence for the vorticity. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 18: 420–427, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/num.10010