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Grad-div stablilization for Stokes equations

Author(s): Maxim A. Olshanskii; Arnold Reusken.
Journal: Math. Comp. 73 (2004), 1699-1718.
MSC (2000): Primary 65N30, 65N22, 76D07
Posted: December 19, 2003
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Abstract: In this paper a stabilizing augmented Lagrangian technique for the Stokes equations is studied. The method is consistent and hence does not change the continuous solution. We show that this stabilization improves the well-posedness of the continuous problem for small values of the viscosity coefficient. We analyze the influence of this stabilization on the accuracy of the finite element solution and on the convergence properties of the inexact Uzawa method.


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Additional Information:

Maxim A. Olshanskii
Affiliation: Dept. Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia
Email: ay@olshan.msk.ru

Arnold Reusken
Affiliation: Institut für Geometrie und Praktische Mathematik, RWTH-Aachen, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
Email: reusken@igpm.rwth-aachen.de

DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-03-01629-6
PII: S 0025-5718(03)01629-6
Keywords: Stokes equations, finite elements, augmented Lagrangian, inexact Uzawa
Received by editor(s): November 7, 2001
Received by editor(s) in revised form: March 5, 2003
Posted: December 19, 2003
Copyright of article: Copyright 2003, American Mathematical Society


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