A constructive method for deriving finite elements of nodal type
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instance of: scholarly article
title: A constructive method for deriving finite elements of nodal type
zbMATH Open document ID: 0677.65101
DOI: 10.1007/BF01397137
author: Jean-Pierre Hennart
author: Jean E. Roberts
author: Jérôme Jaffré
published in: Numerische Mathematik
publication date: 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/133299
review text: So-called ``nodal'' methods were introduced in the context of nuclear engineering for solution of the neutron diffusion and transport equations. The methods are designed to provide solution information over relatively coarse meshes. In this paper the authors put nodal methods into the framework of finite element methods, formulate a calculus to apply the patch test, place several well-known nodal methods into their framework, and introduce a three dimensional nodal method as a natural application of their approach. The authors characterize nodal methods as non-conforming finite element methods whose degrees of freedom are area- and edge-moments of the solution (in two dimensions) or volume- and face-moments (in three dimensions). This choice of unknowns is in contrast with the usual choice of solution values at specified points in each element. Only quadrilateral or hexahedral elements are considered. The shape functions are normalized Legendre polynomials. In this context, the authors present a calculus for application of the patch test to determine that accuracy is not lost due to a deficiency in the space of approximating polynomials. They also present examples of nodal methods for which their approach applies. These methods include: Langenbuch-Maurer-Werner \(\Sigma\) nodal schemes, Hennart nodal schemes, Raviart-Thomas mixed finite element schemes, Brezzi-Douglas-Marini mixed finite element schemes, as well as a three-dimensional generalization of the latter schemes.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 65N30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74S05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35Q99
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 82C70
zbMATH DE Number: 4110016
zbMATH Keywords: nodal methods
zbMATH Keywords: Langenbuch-Maurer-Werner nodal schemes
zbMATH Keywords: neutron diffusion and transport equations
zbMATH Keywords: patch test
zbMATH Keywords: non-conforming finite element methods
zbMATH Keywords: Hennart nodal schemes
zbMATH Keywords: Raviart-Thomas mixed finite element schemes
zbMATH Keywords: Brezzi-Douglas-Marini mixed finite element schemes
reviewed by: Myron Sussman
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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