We consider the construction of multiplier spaces for use with the mortar finite element method in three spatial dimensions. Abstract conditions are given for the multiplier spaces which are sufficient to guarantee a stable and convergent mortar approximation. Three examples of multipliers satisfying these conditions are given. The first one is a dual basis example while the remaining two are b...

We establish a mortar boundary element scheme for hypersingular boundary integral equations representing elliptic boundary value problems in three dimensions. We prove almost quasi-optimal convergence of the scheme in broken Sobolev norms of order 1/2. Sub-domain decompositions can be geometrically non-conforming and meshes must be quasi-uniform only on sub-domains. Numerical results confirm th...

A meshless method is presented which has the advantages of the good meshless methods concerning the ease of introduction of node connectivity in a bounded time of order n, and the condition that the shape functions depend only on the node positions. Furthermore, the method proposed also shares several of the advantages of the Finite Element Method such as: (a) the simplicity of the shape functi...

In this report, we discuss the alternating Schwarz method as the classical domain decomposition method for solving partial differential equations, which we then use to couple particle and continuum models.

This paper presents three new coupling methods for interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods and boundary element methods. The new methods allow one to use discontinuous basis functions on the interface between the subdomains represented by the finite element and boundary element methods. This feature is particularly important when discontinuous Galerkin finite element meth...

Korn’s inequalities for piecewise H1 vector fields are established. They can be applied to classical nonconforming finite element methods, mortar methods and discontinuous Galerkin methods.

We use two meshless local Petrov-Galerkin formulations, namely, the MLPG1 and the MLPG5, to analyze infinitesimal deformations of a homogeneous and isotropic thick elastic plate with a higher-order shear and normal deformable plate theory. It is found that the two MLPG formulations give results very close to those obtained by other researchers and also by the threedimensional analysis of the pr...

Korn’s inequalities for piecewise H1 vector fields are established. They can be applied to classical nonconforming finite element methods, mortar methods and discontinuous Galerkin methods.