A Hybrid Mortar Method for Incompressible Flow

A Hybrid Mortar Method for Incompressible Flow

Year:    2012

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 9 (2012), Iss. 4 : pp. 793–812

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the discretization of the Stokes problem on domain partitions with non-matching meshes. We propose a hybrid mortar method, which is motivated by a variational characterization of solutions of the corresponding interface problem. The discretization of the subdomain problems is based on standard inf-sup stable finite element pairs and additional unknowns on the interface. These allow to reduce the coupling between subdomains, which comes from the variational incorporation of interface conditions. The discrete inf-sup stability condition is proven under weak assumptions on the interface mesh, and optimal a-priori error estimates are derived with respect to the energy and $L^2$-norm. The theoretical results are illustrated with numerical tests.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/2012-IJNAM-659

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 9 (2012), Iss. 4 : pp. 793–812

Published online:    2012-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    20

Keywords:    Stokes equations interface problems discontinuous Galerkin methods hybridization mortar methods non-matching grids.