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In this paper we propose a new class of preconditioners for the isogeometric discretization of the Stokes system. Their application involves the solution of a Sylvester-like equation, which can be done efficiently thanks to the Fast…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-23 Monica Montardini , Giancarlo Sangalli , Mattia Tani

This paper develops divergence-free mixed finite element methods for the Stokes equation. Using H(div)-conforming velocities and discontinuous pressures ensures the inf-sup condition for the velocity--pressure pair and yields pointwise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-17 Long Chen , Xuehai Huang , Chao Zhang , Xinyue Zhao

In this paper we present an arbitrary-order fully discrete Stokes complex on general polyhedral meshes. We enriche the fully discrete de Rham complex with the addition of a full gradient operator defined on vector fields and fitting into…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-18 Marien-Lorenzo Hanot

In this work, we develop and analyse a novel Hybrid High-Order discretisation of the Brinkman problem. The method hinges on hybrid discrete velocity unknowns at faces and elements and on discontinuous pressures. Based on the discrete…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-09 Lorenzo Botti , Daniele A. Di Pietro , Jérôme Droniou

Convergence results for the immersed boundary method applied to a model Stokes problem with the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition are presented. As a discretization method, we deal with the finite element method. First, the immersed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-24 Norikazu Saito , Yoshiki Sugitani

This work presents a non-linear extension of the high-order discretisation framework based on the Variational Multiscale (VMS) method previously introduced for steady linear problems. We build on the concept of an optimal projector defined…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-22 Suyash Shrestha , Marc Gerritsma , Gonzalo Rubio , Steven Hulshoff , Esteban Ferrer

This paper studies two hybrid discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) discretizations for the velocity-density formulation of the compressible Stokes equations with respect to several desired structural properties, namely provable convergence, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-13 Philip L. Lederer , Christian Merdon

We provide an error analysis for the solution of the nonstationary Stokes problem by a variational method in space and time. We use finite elements of higher order for the approximation in space and a Galerkin-Petrov method with first order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-13 Mathias Anselmann , Markus Bause , Gunar Matthies , Friedhelm Schieweck

Surface Stokes and Navier-Stokes equations are used to model fluid flow on surfaces. They have attracted significant recent attention in the numerical analysis literature because approximation of their solutions poses significant challenges…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-29 Alan Demlow , Michael Neilan

We describe a compatible finite element discretisation for the shallow water equations on the rotating sphere, concentrating on integrating consistent upwind stabilisation into the framework. Although the prognostic variables are velocity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-17 J. Shipton , T. H. Gibson , C. J. Cotter

In the present paper we propose a coupled multigrid method for generalized Stokes flow problems. Such problems occur as subproblems in implicit time-stepping approaches for time-dependent Stokes problems. The discretized Stokes system is a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-01-08 Stefan Takacs

Discretization of Navier-Stokes' equations using pressure-robust finite element methods is considered for the high Reynolds number regime. To counter oscillations due to dominating convection we add a stabilization based on a bulk term in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-09 Naveed Ahmed , Gabriel R. Barrenechea , Erik Burman , Johnny Guzmán , Alexander Linke , Christian Merdon

In this work we study the stability, convergence, and pressure-robustness of discretization methods for incompressible flows with hybrid velocity and pressure. Specifically, focusing on the Stokes problem, we identify a set of assumptions…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-22 Lorenzo Botti , Michele Botti , Daniele Antonio Di Pietro , Francesco Carlo Massa

We develop a formal construction of a pointwise divergence-free basis in the nonconforming virtual element method of arbitrary order for the Stokes problem introduced in [19]. The proposed construction can be seen as a generalization of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-24 Do Y. Kwak , Hyeokjoo Park

We study a discrete variant of the Airy equation, formulated as an advance-delay equation, to reveal that discretization induces the higher-order Stokes phenomenon, which is not present in the continuous Airy function and is typically only…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-10-09 Aaron J. Moston-Duggan , Christopher J. Howls , Christopher J. Lustri

This article presents a higher-order spectral element method for the two-dimensional Stokes interface problem involving a piecewise constant viscosity coefficient. The proposed numerical formulation is based on least-squares formulation.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-14 Kishore Kumar Naraparaju , Shivangi Joshi , Subhashree Mohapatra

We approximate the solution of the Stokes equations by a new quasi-optimal and pressure robust discontinuous Galerkin discretization of arbitrary order. This means quasi-optimality of the velocity error independent of the pressure.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-27 Christian Kreuzer , Rüdiger Verfürth , Pietro Zanotti

This paper constructs and analyzes a boundary correction finite element method for the Stokes problem based on the Scott-Vogelius pair on Clough-Tocher splits. The velocity space consists of continuous piecewise quadratic polynomials, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-24 Haoran Liu , Michael Neilan , Baris Otus

The paper studies a higher order unfitted finite element method for the Stokes system posed on a surface in three-dimensional space. The method employs generalized Taylor-Hood finite element pairs on tetrahedral bulk mesh to discretize the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-17 Thomas Jankuhn , Maxim A. Olshanskii , Arnold Reusken , Alexander Zhiliakov

Variable viscosity arises in many flow scenarios, often imposing numerical challenges. Yet, discretisation methods designed specifically for non-constant viscosity are few, and their analysis is even scarcer. In finite element methods for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-05 Felipe Galarce , Douglas R. Q. Pacheco