A POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATES OF THE STABILIZED CROUZEIX-RAVIART FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR THE LAME-NAVIER EQUATIONS. M. FARHLOUL ?, S. NICAISE † , AND L. PAQUET † Abstract. We obtain a posteriori error estimates for the (non-locking) stabilized nonconforming method based on the Crouzeix-Raviart element introduced by P. Hansbo and M. G. Larson in [M2AN 37 (2003) 63-72]. A robust (i.e., uniformly with respect to the Lame coefficient) upper bound is proved, while an almost robust lower bound is obtained. Key words. Crouzeix-Raviart element, nonconforming method, stabilized method, nonlocking, a posteriori error estimates. AMS subject classifications. 65N30, 65N15, 65N50 1. Introduction. The finite element methods are widely used for the numeri- cal approximation of many problems occurring in engineering applications, like the Laplace equation, the Lame system, etc.... (see [10, 15]). In practice, adaptive tech- niques based on a posteriori error estimators have become indispensable tools for such methods. Hence there now exists a large number of publications devoted to the analysis of some finite element approximations of problems from solid mechanics and obtaining locally defined a posteriori error estimates. We refer to the monographs [2, 7, 26] for a good overview on this topic.
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