A gradient discretization method to analyze numerical schemes for nonlinear variational inequalities, application to the seepage problem

DOI10.1137/16M1105517zbMATH Open1397.35108arXiv1611.08338OpenAlexW3102147866WikidataQ129420407 ScholiaQ129420407MaRDI QIDQ4581763FDOQ4581763

Authors: Yahya Alnashri, Jérôme Droniou 

Publication date: 21 August 2018

Published in: SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using the gradient discretisation method (GDM), we provide a complete and unified numerical analysis for non-linear variational inequalities (VIs) based on Leray--Lions operators and subject to non-homogeneous Dirichlet and Signorini boundary conditions. This analysis is proved to be easily extended to the obstacle and Bulkley models, which can be formulated as non-linear VIs. It also enables us to establish convergence results for many conforming and nonconforming numerical schemes included in the GDM, and not previously studied for these models. Our theoretical results are applied to the hybrid mimetic mixed method (HMM), a family of schemes that fit into the GDM. Numerical results are provided for HMM on the seepage model, and demonstrate that, even on distorted meshes, this method provides accurate results.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.08338

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zbMATH Keywords

Leray-Lions operatornonlinear variational inequalitiesgradient discretization method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Unilateral problems for nonlinear elliptic equations and variational inequalities with nonlinear elliptic operators (35J87) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N12)

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