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First-order system least-squares finite element method for singularly perturbed Darcy equations

Numerical Analysis 2022-11-17 v1 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

We define and analyse a least-squares finite element method for a first-order reformulation of a scaled Brinkman model of fluid flow through porous media. We introduce a pseudostress variable that allows to eliminate the pressure variable from the system. It can be recovered by a simple post-processing. It is shown that the least-squares functional is uniformly equivalent, i.e., independent of the singular perturbation parameter, to a parameter dependent norm. This norm equivalence implies that the least-squares functional evaluated in the discrete solution provides an efficient and reliable a posteriori error estimator. Numerical experiments are presented.

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@article{arxiv.2211.08961,
  title  = {First-order system least-squares finite element method for singularly perturbed Darcy equations},
  author = {Thomas Führer and Juha Videman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.08961},
  year   = {2022}
}
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