Document Type
Article
Date
4-5-2011
Keywords
tbd
Disciplines
Mathematics
Description/Abstract
The Generalized Finite Element Method (GFEM) is a Partition of Unity Method (PUM), where the trial space of standard Finite Element Method (FEM) is augmented with non-polynomial shape functions with compact support. These shape functions, which are also known as the enrichments, mimic the local behavior of the unknown solution of the underlying variational problem. GFEM has been successfully used to solve a variety of problems with complicated features and microstructure. However, the stiffness matrix of GFEM is badly conditioned (much worse compared to the standard FEM) and there could be a severe loss of accuracy in the computed solution of the associated linear system. In this paper, we address this issue and propose a modification of the GFEM, referred to as the Stable GFEM (SGFEM). We show that the conditioning of the stiffness matrix of SGFEM is not worse than that of the standard FEM. Moreover, SGFEM is very robust with respect to the parameters of the enrichments. We show these features of SGFEM on several examples.
Recommended Citation
Babuska, I. and Banerjee, U., "Stable Generalized Finite Element Method (SGFEM)" (2011). Mathematics - All Scholarship. 139.
https://surface.syr.edu/mat/139
Source
Harvested from arXiv.org
Additional Information
This manuscript is from arXiv.org, for futher information see http://arxiv.org/abs/1104.0960