The Biot-Stokes coupling using total pressure: formulation, analysis and application to interfacial flow in the eye

DOI10.1016/J.CMA.2021.114384arXiv2106.09191MaRDI QIDQ6370513FDOQ6370513

Authors: Ricardo Ruiz-Baier, Matteo Taffetani, Hans D. Westermeyer, Ivan Yotov 

Publication date: 16 June 2021

Abstract: We consider a multiphysics model for the flow of Newtonian fluid coupled with Biot consolidation equations through an interface, and incorporating total pressure as an unknown in the poroelastic region. A new mixed-primal finite element scheme is proposed solving for the pairs fluid velocity - pressure and displacement - total poroelastic pressure using Stokes-stable elements, and where the formulation does not require Lagrange multipliers to set up the usual transmission conditions on the interface. The stability and well-posedness of the continuous and semi-discrete problems are analysed in detail. Our numerical study is framed in the context of applicative problems pertaining to heterogeneous geophysical flows and to eye poromechanics. For the latter, we investigate different interfacial flow regimes in Cartesian and axisymmetric coordinates that could eventually help describe early morphologic changes associated with glaucoma development in canine species.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M12) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M60) Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage (76S05) Physiological flow (92C35)

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