Successive finite element methods for Stokes equations

Abstract: This paper will suggest a new finite element method to find a

P^{4}

-velocity and a

P^{3}

-pressure solving Stokes equations. The method solves first the decoupled equation for the

P^{4}

-velocity. Then, four kinds of local

P^{3}

-pressures and one

P^{0}

-pressure will be calculated in a successive way. If we superpose them, the resulting

P^{3}

-pressure shows the optimal order of convergence same as a

P^{3}

-projection. The chief time cost of the new method is on solving two linear systems for the

P^{4}

-velocity and

P^{0}

-pressure, respectively.

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