In this paper, two new nonconforming hexagonal elements are presented, which are based on the trilinear function space Q1^(3) and are edge-oriented, analogical to the case of the rotated Q1 quadrilateral element. A ...In this paper, two new nonconforming hexagonal elements are presented, which are based on the trilinear function space Q1^(3) and are edge-oriented, analogical to the case of the rotated Q1 quadrilateral element. A priori error estimates are given to show that the new elements achieve first-order accuracy in the energy norm and second-order accuracy in the L^2 norm. This theoretical result is confirmed by the numerical tests.展开更多
基金The research is supported by National Basic Research Program of china(No. 2005CB321702)National Natural Science Foundation of china(No. 10431050)
文摘In this paper, two new nonconforming hexagonal elements are presented, which are based on the trilinear function space Q1^(3) and are edge-oriented, analogical to the case of the rotated Q1 quadrilateral element. A priori error estimates are given to show that the new elements achieve first-order accuracy in the energy norm and second-order accuracy in the L^2 norm. This theoretical result is confirmed by the numerical tests.