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SIAM JOURNAL ON NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
Volume 38, Issue 5, Pages 1561-1581Publisher
SIAM PUBLICATIONS
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142999350152
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least squares; Reissner-Mindlin model; perturbed Stokes equations; finite element methods; multigrid methods
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In this paper, we develop two least-squares approaches for the solution of the Stokes equations perturbed by a Laplacian term. (Such perturbed Stokes equations arise from finite element approximations of the Reissner Mindlin plate.) Both are two-stage algorithms that solve rst for the curls of the rotation of the fibers and the solenoidal part of the shear strain, then for the rotation itself (if desired). One approach uses L-2 norms and the other approach uses H-1 norms to de ne the least-squares functionals. It is shown that the H-1 norm approach, under general assumptions, and the L-2 norm approach, under certain H-2 regularity assumptions, admit optimal performance for standard finite element discretization and either standard multigrid solution methods or preconditioners. These methods do not degrade when the perturbed parameter (the plate thickness) approaches zero. We also develop a three-stage least-squares method for the Reissner Mindlin plate, which rst solves for the curls of the rotation and the shear strain, next for the rotation itself, and then for the transverse displacement.
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