Mixed finite element methods for incompressible flow: stationary Stokes equations. (English) Zbl 1267.76059
Summary: We develop and analyze a mixed finite element method for the Stokes equations. Our mixed method is based on the pseudostress-velocity formulation. The pseudostress is approximated by the Raviart-Thomas (RT) element of index \(k \geq 0\) and the velocity by piecewise discontinuous polynomials of degree \(k\). It is shown that this pair of finite elements is stable and yields quasi-optimal accuracy. The indefinite system of linear equations resulting from the discretization is decoupled by the penalty method. The penalized pseudostress system is solved by the \(H\)(div) type of multigrid method and the velocity is then calculated explicitly. Alternative preconditioning approaches that do not involve penalizing the system are also discussed. Finally, numerical experiments are presented.
MSC:
| 76M10 | Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics |
| 65N30 | Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs |
| 76D07 | Stokes and related (Oseen, etc.) flows |
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