Hybridization of the Virtual Element Method for linear elasticity problems (2103.01164v1)

Abstract: We extend the hybridization procedure proposed in [Arnold, Brezzi, 1985, ESAIM: M2AN] to the Virtual Element Method for linear elasticity problems based on the Hellinger-Reissner principle. To illustrate such a technique, we focus on the 2D case, but other methods and 3D problems can be considered as well. We also show how to design a better approximation of the displacement field using a straightforward post-processing procedure. The numerical experiments confirm the theory for both two and three-dimensional problems.