TY - JOUR T1 - On Locking-Free Finite Element Schemes for Three-Dimensional Elasticity JO - Journal of Computational Mathematics VL - 1 SP - 101 EP - 112 PY - 2005 DA - 2005/02 SN - 23 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jcm/8800.html KW - Three-dimensional elasticity, Locking-free, Nonconforming finite element. AB -

In the present paper, the authors discuss the locking phenomenon of the finite element method for three-dimensional elasticity as the Lamé constant $\lambda \rightarrow\infty$. Three kinds of finite elements are proposed and analyzed to approximate the three-dimensional elasticity with pure displacement boundary condition. Optimal order error estimates which are uniform with respect to $\lambda\in (0,+\infty)$ are obtained for three schemes. Furthermore, numerical results are presented to show that, our schemes are locking-free and and the trilinear conforming finite element scheme is locking.