Mathematics of Computation

A discontinuous Galerkin method with nonoverlapping domain decomposition for the Stokes and Navier-Stokes problems

Author(s): Vivette Girault; Béatrice Rivière; Mary F. Wheeler.
Journal: Math. Comp. 74 (2005), 53-84.
MSC (2000): Primary 35Q30; Secondary 76D05, 76D07
Posted: March 23, 2004
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Abstract: A family of discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods is formulated and analyzed for Stokes and Navier-Stokes problems. An inf-sup condition is established as well as optimal energy estimates for the velocity and

estimates for the pressure. In addition, it is shown that the method can treat a finite number of nonoverlapping domains with nonmatching grids at interfaces.

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Vivette Girault
Affiliation: Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions, $4$, place Jussieu, F-75230 Paris Cedex 05, France
Email: girault@ann.jussieu.fr

Béatrice Rivière
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, 301 Thackeray, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
Email: riviere@math.pitt.edu

Mary F. Wheeler
Affiliation: The Center for Subsurface Modeling, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas, 201 E. 24th St., Austin, Texas 78712
Email: mfw@ices.utexas.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-04-01652-7
PII: S 0025-5718(04)01652-7
Keywords: Discontinuous finite element methods, Navier-Stokes, domain decomposition, nonconforming grids, local mass conservation
Received by editor(s): March 26, 2002
Received by editor(s) in revised form: May 9, 2003
Posted: March 23, 2004
Additional Notes: Each author was supported in part by DOD Pet2 Grant and NSF Grants KDI\#DMS-9873326 and ITR\#EIA-0121523.
Copyright of article: Copyright 2004, American Mathematical Society

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