Cut finite element method for divergence free approximation of incompressible flow: a Lagrange multiplier approach

DOI10.1137/22M1542933arXiv2207.04734MaRDI QIDQ6404583FDOQ6404583

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

Publication date: 11 July 2022

Abstract: In this note we design a cut finite element method for a low order divergence free element applied to a boundary value problem subject to Stokes' equations. For the imposition of Dirichlet boundary conditions we consider either Nitsche's method or a stabilized Lagrange multiplier method. In both cases the normal component of the velocity is constrained using a multiplier, different from the standard pressure approximation. The divergence of the approximate velocities is pointwise zero over the whole mesh domain, and we derive optimal error estimates for the velocity and pressures, where the error constant is independent of how of the the physical domain intersects the computational mesh, and of the regularity of the pressure multiplier imposing the divergence free condition.

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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)

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• Divergence-free cut finite element methods for Stokes flow
• A divergence preserving cut finite element method for Darcy flow

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