A Posteriori Error Estimators for Hierarchical B-Spline Discretizations

In this paper we develop function-based a posteriori error estimators for the solution of linear second order elliptic problems considering hierarchical spline spaces for the Galerkin discretization. We obtain a global upper bound for the energy error over arbitrary hierarchical mesh configurations...

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Autores: Buffa, Annalisa, Garau, Eduardo Mario
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/89154
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/89154
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:A posteriori error estimators
Adaptivity
Hierarchical splines
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Sumario:In this paper we develop function-based a posteriori error estimators for the solution of linear second order elliptic problems considering hierarchical spline spaces for the Galerkin discretization. We obtain a global upper bound for the energy error over arbitrary hierarchical mesh configurations which simplifies the implementation of adaptive refinement strategies. The theory hinges on some weighted Poincaré type inequalities where the B-spline basis functions are the weights appearing in the norms. Such inequalities are derived following the lines in (Veeser and Verfürth, 2009), where the case of standard finite elements is considered. Additionally, we present numerical experiments that show the efficiency of the error estimators independently of the degree of the splines used for the discretization, together with an adaptive algorithm guided by these local estimators that yields optimal meshes and rates of convergence, exhibiting an excellent performance.