(1) Department of Computer Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Fack, S-40220 Göteborg 5, Sweden;(2) Present address: Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées, Ecole Polytechnique, Route de Saclay, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
Abstract:
Summary We consider some equilibrium finite element methods for two-dimensional elasticity problems. The stresses and the displacements are approximated by using piecewise linear functions. We establishL2-estimates of orderO(h2) for both stresses and displacements.