Stokes, Maxwell and Darcy: A single finite element approximation for three model problems

  • Authors:
  • Santiago Badia;Ramon Codina

  • Affiliations:
  • Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1-3, Edifici C1, 08034 Barcelona, Spain;Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1-3, Edifici C1, 08034 Barcelona, Spain

  • Venue:
  • Applied Numerical Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

In this work we propose stabilized finite element methods for Stokes@?, Maxwell@?s and Darcy@?s problems that accommodate any interpolation of velocities and pressures. We briefly review the formulations we have proposed for these three problems independently in a unified manner, stressing the advantages of our approach. In particular, for Darcy@?s problem we are able to design stabilized methods that yield optimal convergence both for the primal and the dual problems. In the case of Maxwell@?s problem, the formulation we propose allows one to use continuous finite element interpolations that converge optimally to the continuous solution even if it is non-smooth. Once the formulation is presented for the three model problems independently, we also show how it can be used for a problem that combines all the operators of the independent problems. Stability and convergence is achieved regardless of the fact that any of these operators dominates the others, a feature not possible for the methods of which we are aware.