Mixed Covolume Methods for Elliptic Problems on Triangular Grids

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This nice paper presents an application of the mixed covolume method to a variable coefficient Poisson equation which models for instance an incompressible single phase flow in a reservoir, ignoring gravitational effects. Firstly, the introduction of a new variable allows to transform the equation as a system of first-order partial differential equations which is then rewritten in a weak formulation form. Secondly, this variational mixed formulation is approximated through a covolume (finite volume) method based on the Raviart-Thomas lowest-order triangles. It is proved its convergence and first-order optimal rate of convergence is obtained. Numerical experiments illustrate the efficiency of the method. Such a method can also be extended to other systems like the div-curl system arising from the Maxwell equations.




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