Stabilized finite element method for the stationary mixed Stokes–Darcy problem

Abstract This paper considers numerical methods for solving the viscous incompressible steady-state Stokes–Darcy problem that can be implemented by the use of existing surface water and groundwater codes. In the porous medium problem for subsurface flow, a mixed discretization, which describes the m...

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Main Authors: Jiaping Yu, Md. Abdullah Al Mahbub, Feng Shi, Haibiao Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-09-01
Series:Advances in Difference Equations
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13662-018-1809-2
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author Jiaping Yu
Md. Abdullah Al Mahbub
Feng Shi
Haibiao Zheng
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Feng Shi
Haibiao Zheng
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description Abstract This paper considers numerical methods for solving the viscous incompressible steady-state Stokes–Darcy problem that can be implemented by the use of existing surface water and groundwater codes. In the porous medium problem for subsurface flow, a mixed discretization, which describes the macroscopic properties of a filtration process and is vigorous with respect to the variations in the material data, is often advocated. However, the theory of mixed spacial discretizations to Stokes–Darcy problems is far less developed than non-mixed versions. We develop herein a new robust stabilized fully mixed discretization technique in the porous media region coupled with the fluid region via the physically appropriate coupling conditions on the interface. The method developed here does not use any Lagrange multiplier and introduces a stabilization term in the temporal discretization to ensure the stability of the finite element scheme. The well-posedness of the finite element scheme and its convergence analysis are also derived. Finally, the efficiency and accuracy of the numerical methods are illustrated by several testing examples.
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spelling doaj.art-6fd6863831c44bcdb7034696c8dffb192022-12-21T18:53:04ZengSpringerOpenAdvances in Difference Equations1687-18472018-09-012018111910.1186/s13662-018-1809-2Stabilized finite element method for the stationary mixed Stokes–Darcy problemJiaping Yu0Md. Abdullah Al Mahbub1Feng Shi2Haibiao Zheng3School of Science, Donghua UniversitySchool of Mathematical Sciences, East China Normal UniversityCollege of Science, Harbin Institute of TechnologySchool of Mathematical Sciences, East China Normal UniversityAbstract This paper considers numerical methods for solving the viscous incompressible steady-state Stokes–Darcy problem that can be implemented by the use of existing surface water and groundwater codes. In the porous medium problem for subsurface flow, a mixed discretization, which describes the macroscopic properties of a filtration process and is vigorous with respect to the variations in the material data, is often advocated. However, the theory of mixed spacial discretizations to Stokes–Darcy problems is far less developed than non-mixed versions. We develop herein a new robust stabilized fully mixed discretization technique in the porous media region coupled with the fluid region via the physically appropriate coupling conditions on the interface. The method developed here does not use any Lagrange multiplier and introduces a stabilization term in the temporal discretization to ensure the stability of the finite element scheme. The well-posedness of the finite element scheme and its convergence analysis are also derived. Finally, the efficiency and accuracy of the numerical methods are illustrated by several testing examples.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13662-018-1809-2Stokes–Darcy problemMixed finite elementFree flowPorous media flowStabilized scheme
spellingShingle Jiaping Yu
Md. Abdullah Al Mahbub
Feng Shi
Haibiao Zheng
Stabilized finite element method for the stationary mixed Stokes–Darcy problem
Advances in Difference Equations
Stokes–Darcy problem
Mixed finite element
Free flow
Porous media flow
Stabilized scheme
title Stabilized finite element method for the stationary mixed Stokes–Darcy problem
title_full Stabilized finite element method for the stationary mixed Stokes–Darcy problem
title_fullStr Stabilized finite element method for the stationary mixed Stokes–Darcy problem
title_full_unstemmed Stabilized finite element method for the stationary mixed Stokes–Darcy problem
title_short Stabilized finite element method for the stationary mixed Stokes–Darcy problem
title_sort stabilized finite element method for the stationary mixed stokes darcy problem
topic Stokes–Darcy problem
Mixed finite element
Free flow
Porous media flow
Stabilized scheme
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13662-018-1809-2
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