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Accuracy of a coupled mixed and Galerkin finite element approximation for poroelasticity (English)
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19 July 2019
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Summary: In this paper, we consider a combined mixed finite element and continuous Galerkin finite element formulation for a coupled flow and geomechanics model. We use the lowest order Raviart-Thomas finite elements for the spatial approximation of the flow variables and continuous piecewise linear finite elements for the deformation variable. This numerical approach appears to be a common choice in the existing reservoir engineering simulators. We focus on deriving error estimates in a discrete-in-time setting. Previous \textit{a priori} error estimates described in the literature e.g. [\textit{S. Barbeiro} and \textit{M. F. Wheeler}, Comput. Geosci. 14, No. 4, 755--768 (2010; Zbl 1381.76333); \textit{P. J. Phillips} and \textit{M. F. Wheeler}, Comput. Geosci. 11, No. 2, 145--158 (2007; Zbl 1117.74016)], which are optimal, show first order convergence in space with respect to the \(L^2\)-norm for the pressure and for the average fluid velocity and also first order convergence in space with respect to the \(H^1\)-norm for the displacement. Here we prove one extra order of convergence for the displacement approximation with respect to the \(L^2\)-norm. We also demonstrate that, by including a post-processing step in the scheme, the order of convergence of the approximation of pressure can be improved. Even though this result is critical for deriving the \(L^2\)-norm error estimates for the approximation of the deformation variable, surprisingly the corresponding gain of one convergence order holds independently of including or not the post-processing step in the method.
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poroelasticity
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mixed finite elements
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Galerkin finite elements
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convergence
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post-processing
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