Adaptive modelling of variably saturated seepage problems

DOI10.1093/QJMAM/HBAB001MaRDI QIDQ4958906zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ben Ashby, C. Bortolozo, Tristan Pryer, Alex V. Lukyanov

Publication date 15 September 2021

Published in The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.03903

zbMATH Keywords

dual-weighted a posteriori error estimatefinite element methodporous medium flowvariational inequality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Error bounds for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N15) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10) Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage (76S05) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

Abstract: In this article we present a goal-oriented adaptive finite element method for a class of subsurface flow problems in porous media, which exhibit seepage faces. We focus on a representative case of the steady state flows governed by a nonlinear Darcy-Buckingham law with physical constraints on subsurface-atmosphere boundaries. This leads to the formulation of the problem as a variational inequality. The solutions to this problem are investigated using an adaptive finite element method based on a dual-weighted a posteriori error estimate, derived with the aim of reducing error in a specific target quantity. The quantity of interest is chosen as volumetric water flux across the seepage face, and therefore depends on an a priori unknown free boundary. We apply our method to challenging numerical examples as well as specific case studies, from which this research originates, illustrating the major difficulties that arise in practical situations. We summarise extensive numerical results that clearly demonstrate the designed method produces rapid error reduction measured against the number of degrees of freedom.

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