Pressure-robust \(L^2(\Omega)\) error analysis for Raviart-Thomas enriched Scott-Vogelius pairs (Q6580294)

This note deals with the numerical solution of the Stokes problem using the finite element method. Recent work shows that the enrichment of the Scott-Vogelius finite element pair by certain Raviart-Thomas functions leads to an inf-sup stable and divergence-free method on general shape-regular meshes. A skew-symmetric consistency term was suggested for avoiding an additional stabilization term for higher order elements, but no \(L^2(\Omega)\) error estimate was shown for the Stokes equations. The authors derive this estimates, the key argument of the proof is an estimate of the skew-symmetric part of the bilinear forms. In addition, the optimal choice of the stabilization parameter in the Raviart-Thomas function is studied numerically.