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The block structure of double saddle-point problems has prompted extensive research into efficient preconditioners. This paper introduces a novel class of three-by-three block preconditioners tailored for such systems from the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Achraf Badahmane

We consider finite element discretizations of the Biot's consolidation model in poroelasticity with MINI and stabilized P1-P1 elements. We analyze the convergence of the fully discrete model based on spatial discretization with these types…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-19 Carmen Rodrigo , Francisco Gaspar , Xiaozhe Hu , Ludmil Zikatanov

This paper presents a scalable and robust solver for a cell-by-cell poroelasticity model, describing the mechanical interactions between brain cells embedded in extracellular space. Explicitly representing the complex cellular shapes, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Marius Causemann , Miroslav Kuchta

Hybridizable discretizations allow for the elimination of local degrees-of-freedom leading to reduced linear systems. In this paper, we determine and analyse an approach to construct parameter-robust preconditioners for these reduced…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-11 Esteban Henriquez , Jeonghun J. Lee , Sander Rhebergen

We present parameter-robust preconditioners for linear systems that arise after applying static condensation to a hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) discretization of the time-dependent Stokes problem. Building upon the theoretical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Esteban Henríquez , Jeonghun J. Lee , Sander Rhebergen

The mechanical behaviour of a poroelastic medium permeated by multiple interacting fluid networks can be described by a system of time-dependent partial differential equations known as the multiple-network poroelasticity (MPET) equations or…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-20 Eleonora Piersanti , Jeonghun J. Lee , Travis Thompson , Kent-Andre Mardal , Marie E. Rognes

The classical Biot's theory provides the foundation of a fully dynamic poroelasticity model describing the propagation of elastic waves in fluid-saturated media. Multiple network poroelastic theory (MPET) takes into account that the elastic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-29 Fadi Philo

We study the a priori error analysis of finite element methods for Biot's consolidation model. We consider a formulation which has the stress tensor, the fluid flux, the solid displacement, and the pore pressure as unknowns. Two mixed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-06-23 Jeonghun J. Lee

The coupled Darcy-Stokes problem is widely used for modeling fluid transport in physical systems consisting of a porous part and a free part. In this work we consider preconditioners for monolitic solution algorithms of the coupled…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-17 Karl Erik Holter , Miroslav Kuchta , Kent-Andre Mardal

We consider a mixed hybrid finite element formulation for coupled poromechanics. A stabilization strategy based on a macro-element approach is advanced to eliminate the spurious pressure modes appearing in undrained/incompressible…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-28 Matteo Frigo , Nicola Castelletto , Massimiliano Ferronato , Joshua A. White

Discretization of flow in fractured porous media commonly lead to large systems of linear equations that require dedicated solvers. In this work, we develop an efficient linear solver and its practical implementation for mixed-dimensional…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-08 Xiaozhe Hu , Eirik Keilegavlen , Jan M. Nordbotten

We construct mesh-independent and parameter-robust monolithic solvers for the coupled primal Stokes-Darcy problem. Three different formulations and their discretizations in terms of conforming and non-conforming finite element methods and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-15 Wietse M. Boon , Timo Koch , Miroslav Kuchta , Kent-Andre Mardal

We analyze a semi-explicit time discretization scheme of first order for poro\-elasticity with nonlinear permeability provided that the elasticity model and the flow equation are only weakly coupled. The approach leads to a decoupling of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-30 Robert Altmann , Roland Maier

In this paper we consider multiple saddle point problems with block tridiagonal Hessian in a Hilbert space setting. Well-posedness and the related issue of preconditioning are discussed. We give a characterization of all block structured…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-23 Alexander Beigl , Jarle Sogn , Walter Zulehner

Circulant preconditioners are commonly used to accelerate the rate of convergence of iterative methods when solving linear systems of equations with a Toeplitz matrix. Block extensions that can be applied when the system has a block…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-06 L. Dykes , S. Noschese , L. Reichel

We derive parameter-robust quasi-optimal error estimates for mixed finite element methods for the nonlinear Darcy--Forchheimer equations with mixed boundary conditions. Using the framework of operator preconditioning, we also design…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Rishi Das , Harsha Hutridurga , Amiya K. Pani , Ricardo Ruiz-Baier

In this work, we introduce a novel abstract framework for the stability and convergence analysis of fully coupled discretisations of the poroelasticity problem and apply it to the analysis of Hybrid High-Order (HHO) schemes. A relevant…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-10 Lorenzo Botti , Michele Botti , Daniele A. Di Pietro

A finite-element discretization of such an equation yields a linear system whose conditioning worsens as the variations in the values of PDE coefficients becomes large. This paper introduces a procedure by which the discrete system obtained…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-08 Yuliya Gorb , Daria Kurzanova , Yuri Kuznetsov

For a prescribed porosity, the coupled magma/mantle flow equations can be formulated as a two-field system of equations with velocity and pressure as unknowns. Previous work has shown that while optimal preconditioners for the two-field…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-07-08 Sander Rhebergen , Garth N. Wells , Andrew J. Wathen , Richard F. Katz

We consider Biot model with block preconditioners and generalized eigenvalue problems for scalability and robustness to parameters. A discontinuous Galerkin discretization is employed with the displacement and Darcy flow flux discretized as…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-23 Pilhwa Lee