Dual‐energy extension of the uniform‐approximation approach

In the talk an extension of the uniform‐approximation approach, that relies on the truncation of the elastic energy after a certain power of a geometric scaling factor, towards an analogous truncation of the dual energy is proposed. On the one hand, this allows for a derivation of fully defined boundary value problems including compatible displacement boundary conditions. On the other hand, the extension enables us to provide an a priori error estimate for the systematic error of the arising approximative models with respect to the exact three‐dimensional solution. The approach is compared to the approach of a fixed kinematic assumption for the displacement field which is widely used in engineering. We show that the later approach leads in general to a more complex model for a comparable approximation accuracy so that the consistent approximation approach is to prefer.