Improved accuracy in finite element analysis of Biot's consolidation problem (Q1191100)

The Biot's consolidation problem consisting in a boundary value problem for coupled equations describing linear elasticity and incompressible Newtonian fluid (porous incompressible medium) is considered. To improve the rates of convergence of finite element schemes to solve the problem, the authors propose a sequential Galerkin (Petrov-Galerkin) post- processing technique and study its applicability and advantages. There are numerical illustrations of the proposed scheme.