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Publication 09-CNA-07
Inf-Sup Conditions for Twofold Saddle Point Problems Noel J. Walkington
Carnegie Mellon University Department of Mathematical Sciences noelw@andrew.cmu.edu Jason S. Howell Carnegie Mellon University Department of Mathematical Sciences howell4@andrew.cmu.edu Abstract: Necessary and sufficient conditions for existence and uniqueness of solutions are developed for twofold saddle point problems which arise in mixed formulations of problems in continuum mechanics. This work extends the classical saddle point theory to accommodate nonlinear constitutive relations and the twofold saddle structure. Application to problems in incompressible fluid mechanics employing symmetric tensor finite elements for the stress approximation is presented. Get the paper in its entirety as |