A Low-order Nonconforming Finite Element for Reissner--Mindlin Plates

  • Authors:
  • C. Lovadina

  • Affiliations:
  • -

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

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Abstract

We propose a locking-free element for plate bending problems, based on the use of nonconforming piecewise linear functions for both rotations and deflections. We prove optimal error estimates with respect to both the meshsize and the analytical solution regularity.