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ERROR ESTIMATION AND ADAPTIVITY FOR A MIXED FORMULATION OF LIMIT ANALYSIS
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Summary :
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THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS PAPER IS TO PROPOSE  AN ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT PROCESS FOR MIXED  FINITE ELEMENT MODELS IN LIMIT ANALYSIS. WE USE AN  A POSTERIORI  ERROR  ESTIMATOR BASED ON  A LOCAL DIRECTIONAL INTERPOLATION  ERROR AND A RECOVERING PROCEDURE FOR THE SECOND DERIVATIVES OF THE FINITE ELEMENT SOLUTION. THE MESH ADAPTATION PROCESS PROPOSED GIVES IMPROVED RESULTS IN LOCALIZING REGIONS OF RAPID OR ABRUPT VARIATIONS OF THE VARIABLES, WHOSE LOCATION ARE NOT KNOWN A PRIORI. WE APPLY THE ABOVE PROCEDURE TO LIMIT ANALYSIS CONSIDERING BODIES IN PLANE STRAIN AND  WITH SYMMETRY OF REVOLUTION.  
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Author :
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Alves Borges, Lavinia Sanabio 
da Costa, Cyntia Gonçalves  
Feijóo, Raul Antonino 
Zouain, Nestor  
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