A family of conforming mixed finite elements for linear elasticity on triangular grids

Abstract

This paper presents a family of mixed finite elements on triangular grids for solving the classical Hellinger-Reissner mixed problem of the elasticity equations. In these elements, the matrix-valued stress field is approximated by the full $C^0$-$P_k$ space enriched by $(k-1)$ $H(\d)$ edge bubble functions on each internal edge, while the displacement field by the full discontinuous $P_{k-1}$ vector-valued space, for the polynomial degree $k\ge 3$. The main challenge is to find the correct stress finite element space matching the full $C^{-1}$-$P_{k-1}$ displacement space. The discrete stability analysis for the inf-sup condition does not rely on the usual Fortin operator, which is difficult to construct. It is done by characterizing the divergence of local stress space which covers the $P_{k-1}$ space of displacement orthogonal to the local rigid-motion. The well-posedness condition and the optimal a priori error estimate are proved for this family of finite elements. Numerical tests are presented to confirm the theoretical results.

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