Domain decomposition method for a membrane with a delaminated thin rigid inclusion

The paper deals with the numerical solution of an equilibrium problem for an elastic membrane with a thin rigid inclusion. The thin inclusion is supposed to delaminate, therefore a crack between the inclusion and the membrane is considered. The boundary conditions for nonpenetration of the crack faces are fulfilled. We provide the relaxation of the problem and propose an iterative method for the numerical solution of the approximated problem. The method is based on a domain decomposition and the Uzawa algorithm for finding a saddle point of the Lagrangian. Examples of the numerical solution of the initial problem are presented.