A cutFEM divergence–free discretization for the stokes problem

DOI10.1051/M2AN/2022072zbMATH Open1514.65174arXiv2110.11456MaRDI QIDQ6041068FDOQ6041068

Authors: Hao-Ran Liu, Michael Neilan, Maxim A. Olshanskii 

Publication date: 25 May 2023

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

Abstract: We construct and analyze a CutFEM discretization for the Stokes problem based on the Scott-Vogelius pair. The discrete piecewise polynomial spaces are defined on macro-element triangulations which are not fitted to the smooth physical domain. Boundary conditions are imposed via penalization through the help of a Nitsche-type discretization, whereas stability with respect to small and anisotropic cuts of the bulk elements is ensured by adding local ghost penalty stabilization terms. We show stability of the scheme as well as a divergence--free property of the discrete velocity outside an $O(h)$ neighborhood of the boundary. To mitigate the error caused by the violation of the divergence-free condition, we introduce local grad-div stabilization. The error analysis shows that the grad-div parameter can scale like $O(h^{-1})$, allowing a rather heavy penalty for the violation of mass conservation, while still ensuring optimal order error estimates.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.11456

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zbMATH Keywords

convergence analysisStokesdivergence-freeCutFEM

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) 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) Stokes and related (Oseen, etc.) flows (76D07) Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10)

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