Demkowicz, LeszekPrudhomme, Serge M.2010-10-082010-10-082010-10-082010-10-082010-08August 201http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-08-1253textIn my dissertation, I developed mixed hp-finite element methods for linear elasticity with weakly imposed symmetry, which is based on Arnold-Falk-Winther's stable mixed finite elements. I have proved the h-stability of my method for meshes with arbitrary variable orders. In order to show the h-stability, I need an upper limit of the highest order of meshes, which can be an arbitrary nonnegative integer.application/pdfengMixed finite element methodhp-adaptive finite element methodElasticitythesis2010-10-08