A finite element method for the surface Stokes problem

DOI10.1137/18M1166183MaRDI QIDQ4582843zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Arnold Reusken, Vladimir Yushutin, Maxim A. Olshanskii, Annalisa Quaini

Publication date 24 August 2018

Published in SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.06589

zbMATH Keywords

trace finite element methodsurface fluid equationssurface Stokes problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and convergence of numerical methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N12) Error bounds for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N15) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Stokes and related (Oseen, etc.) flows (76D07)

Abstract: We consider a Stokes problem posed on a 2D surface embedded in a 3D domain. The equations describe an equilibrium, area-preserving tangential flow of a viscous surface fluid and serve as a model problem in the dynamics of material interfaces. In this paper, we develop and analyze a Trace finite element method (TraceFEM) for such a surface Stokes problem. TraceFEM relies on finite element spaces defined on a fixed, surface-independent background mesh which consists of shape-regular tetrahedra. Thus, there is no need for surface parametrization or surface fitting with the mesh. The TraceFEM treated here is based on $P_1$ bulk finite elements for both the velocity and the pressure. In order to enforce the velocity vector field to be tangential to the surface we introduce a penalty term. The method is straightforward to implement and has an $O(h^2)$ geometric consistency error, which is of the same order as the approximation error due to the $P_1$--$P_1$ pair for velocity and pressure. We prove stability and optimal order discretization error bounds in the surface $H^1$ and $L^2$ norms. A series of numerical experiments is presented to illustrate certain features of the proposed TraceFEM.

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