A stabilized nonconforming Nitsche's extended finite element method for Stokes interface problems (Q2125208)

The paper deals with the numerical solution of the Stokes interface problem by a stabilized extended finite element method on unfitted triangulation elements which do not require the interface align with the triangulation. The problem is written on mixed form using nonconforming \(P_1\) velocity and elementwise \(P_0\) pressure. Extra stabilization terms involving velocity and pressure are added in the discrete bilinear form. An inf-sup stability result is derived, which is uniform with respect to mesh size \(h\), the viscosity and the position of the interface. An optimal priori error estimates are obtained. Moreover, the errors in energy norm for velocity and in \(L_2\) norm for pressure are uniform to the viscosity and the location of the interface. Two numerical examples are presented to support the theoretical analysis.