Variational formulation of a model free-boundary problem

Saavedra, Patricia; Scott, L. Ridgway

doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-1991-1094958-0

Variational formulation of a model free-boundary problem

Authors: Patricia Saavedra and L. Ridgway Scott
Journal: Math. Comp. 57 (1991), 451-475
MSC: Primary 35R35; Secondary 35J20, 65N30, 76M30
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1991-1094958-0
MathSciNet review: 1094958
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Abstract: The purpose of this work is to present an error analysis of the numerical approximation by a finite element method of a free-surface problem. The analysis has been done in an abstract model which has many of the features of a free-surface problem for a viscous liquid. We study in this paper how the numerical approximation of the free boundary affects the approximation of the other variables of the problem and vice versa.

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