Adaptive space-time finite element methods for dynamic linear thermoelasticity

This article focuses on goal oriented error control for dynamic linear thermoelastic problems. To this end, we present a space-time formulation of this problem class. The corresponding space-time Galerkin discretization is the basis for the derivation of the error estimator using the dual weighted residual (DWR) method. A numerical example substantiates the accuracy and efficiency of the presented approach. (© 2015 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)