Cut finite element methods for partial differential equations on embedded manifolds of arbitrary codimensions

DOI10.1051/M2AN/2018038zbMATH Open1417.65199arXiv1610.01660OpenAlexW2963415780WikidataQ129653226 ScholiaQ129653226MaRDI QIDQ5380995FDOQ5380995

Authors: Erik Burman, Peter Hansbo, Mats G. Larson, André Massing 

Publication date: 7 June 2019

Published in: ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We develop a theoretical framework for the analysis of stabilized cut finite element methods for the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a manifold embedded in $mathbb{R}^d$ of arbitrary codimension. The method is based on using continuous piecewise polynomials on a background mesh in the embedding space for approximation together with a stabilizing form that ensures that the resulting problem is stable. The discrete manifold is represented using a triangulation which does not match the background mesh and does not need to be shape-regular, which includes level set descriptions of codimension one manifolds and the non-matching embedding of independently triangulated manifolds as special cases. We identify abstract key assumptions on the stabilizing form which allow us to prove a bound on the condition number of the stiffness matrix and optimal order a priori estimates. The key assumptions are verified for three different realizations of the stabilizing form including a novel stabilization approach based on penalizing the surface normal gradient on the background mesh. Finally, we present numerical results illustrating our results for a curve and a surface embedded in $mathbb{R}^3$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.01660

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zbMATH Keywords

condition numberLaplace-Beltrami operatorstabilizationa priori error estimatessurface PDEcut finite element methodarbitrary codimension

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elliptic equations on manifolds, general theory (58J05) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N12) Error bounds for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N15) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Fictitious domain methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N85)

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