Virtual Element Methods for three-dimensional Hellinger-Reissner elastostatic problems

Carlo Lovadina; Michele Visinoni

doi:10.2478/caim-2022-0005

Abstract

This note aims at illustrating the application of the Virtual Element Method to elasticity problems in mixed form, following the Hellinger-Reissner variational principle. In order to highlight the potential and the flexibility of our approach, we focus on a three-dimensional low-order Virtual Element scheme, but similar considerations apply to two-dimensional and higher-order methods.

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Virtual Element Methods for three-dimensional Hellinger-Reissner elastostatic problems

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