A reduced basis method for Darcy flow systems that ensures local mass conservation by using exact discrete complexes (Q6101604)

In this paper, a three-step solution procedure is proposed for Darcy flow systems based on the exact de Rham complex. The mass conservation equation is first solved and the flux field is subsequently corrected by adding a solenoidal vector field. The computational cost in constructing the correction is reduced by applying reduced basis methods based on proper orthogonal decomposition. In the third step, the pressure field is constructed with discretization methods capable of conserving mass locally. The procedure was extended to the setting of Darcy flow in fractured porous media by employing mixed-dimensional differential operators.