ISSN:
0271-2091
Keywords:
Engineering
;
Engineering General
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
The Q2/P1, P2+/P1, P2/P0 and Q1/P0 velocity-pressure mixed elements are extended to the stress-velocity-pressure formulation, using the same interpolants for stress and velocity, and tested in the 4-to-1 contraction problem for Stokes flow. The comparison shows significant differences among them, which are not present when the velocity-pressure formulation is used.To provide a better understanding of the phenomenon, several variants of the previous elements are introduced, obtained by either changing the pressure space or by enriching the stress space with bubble functions. The formulation exhibits a strong sensitivity to the first alternative, while the second produces only a minor effect. These observations are confirmed by a convergence test effected on a regular problem with the explicit analytical solution. Also, as a result of the whole comparison, the P2+/P2+/P1 element looks promising for three-field calculations.
Additional Material:
10 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.1650170202
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