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Space-time adaptive finite elements for nonlocal parabolic variational inequalities
This article considers the error analysis of finite element discretizations
and adaptive mesh refinement procedures for nonlocal dynamic contact and
friction, both in the domain and on the boundary. For a large class of
parabolic variational inequalities associated to the fractional Laplacian we
obtain a priori and a posteriori error estimates and study the resulting
space-time adaptive mesh-refinement procedures. Particular emphasis is placed
on mixed formulations, which include the contact forces as a Lagrange
multiplier. Corresponding results are presented for elliptic problems. Our
numerical experiments for -dimensional model problems confirm the
theoretical results: They indicate the efficiency of the a posteriori error
estimates and illustrate the convergence properties of space-time adaptive, as
well as uniform and graded discretizations.Comment: 47 pages, 20 figure
Preconditioning for Allen-Cahn variational inequalities with non-local constraints
The solution of Allen-Cahn variational inequalities with mass constraints is of interest in many applications. This problem can be solved both in its scalar and vector-valued form as a PDE-constrained optimization problem by means of a primal-dual active set method. At the heart of this method lies the solution of linear systems in saddle point form. In this paper we propose the use of Krylov-subspace solvers and suitable preconditioners for the saddle point systems. Numerical results illustrate the competitiveness of this approach
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