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Solving the (Navier-)Stokes equations with space and time adaptivity using deal.II

Numerical Analysis 2026-04-01 v1 Numerical Analysis Computational Physics

Abstract

In this article, we solve the Stokes and Navier-Stokes equations with the deal..II finite-element library. In particular, we use its multigrid, adaptive-mesh, and matrix-free infrastructures to design efficient linear and nonlinear iterative solvers, respectively. We solve the stationary Stokes equations on hp-adaptive meshes with a hp-multigrid approach, the transient Stokes equations with space-time finite elements and space-time multigrid, and, finally, the stabilized incompressible Navier-Stokes equations on locally refined meshes with a monolithic multigrid solver. The selected examples underline the flexibility and modularity of the multigrid infrastructure of deal..II.

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@article{arxiv.2603.29621,
  title  = {Solving the (Navier-)Stokes equations with space and time adaptivity using deal.II},
  author = {Peter Munch and Marc Fehling and Martin Kronbichler and Nils Margenberg and Laura Prieto Saavedra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.29621},
  year   = {2026}
}

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13 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables, submitted for proceedings of ENUMATH 2025

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