Fully Localized A posteriori Error Estimators and Barrier Sets for Contact Problems

  • Authors:
  • Ricardo H. Nochetto;Kunibert G. Siebert;Andreas Veeser

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

We derive novel pointwise a posteriori error estimators for elliptic obstacle problems which, except for obstacle resolution, completely vanish within the full-contact set (localization). We then construct a posteriori barrier sets for free boundaries under a natural stability (or nondegeneracy) condition. We illustrate localization properties as well as reliability and efficiency for both solutions and free boundaries via several simulations in 2 and 3 dimensions.