Local a posteriori error estimators for variational inequalities

1 January 1993

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations

Vol. 9 (1) , 23-33
https://doi.org/10.1002/num.1690090104

Abstract

Local a posteriori error estimators for finite element approximation of variational inequalities are derived. These are shown to provide upper bounds on the discretization error. Numerical examples are given illustrating the theoretical results. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Keywords

VARIATIONAL INEQUALITY

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