We present an a posteriori error estimator for a mixed finite element method for the Reissner-Mindlin plate model. The finite element method we deal with, was analyzed by Durán and Liberman in 1992 and can also be seen as a particular example of the general family analyzed by Brezzi, Fortin, and Stenberg in 1991. The estimator is based on the evaluation of the residual of the finite element sol...

We study the approximation of the Reissner-Mindlin plate using the p/hp version of the finite element method (FEM). Our goal is to identify a method that: (i) is free of shear locking, (ii) approximates the boundary layer independently of the thickness of the plate and (iii) converges exponentially with respect to the number of degrees of freedom. We will consider both standard and reduced cons...