A Refined Error Analysis of MITC Plate Elements

We consider the Mixed Interpolated (Tensorial Components) finite element families for the Reissner–Mindlin plate model. For the case of a convex domain with clamped boundary conditions, we prove regularity results and derive new error estimates which are uniformly valid with respect to the thickness parameter.

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