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We develop a family of $H(\mathrm{div})$-conforming hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin methods for the steady Stokes equations based on BDM and RT velocity spaces with either discontinuous or continuous hybrid traces. In contrast to our…

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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…

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We propose an efficient threshold dynamics method for topology optimization for fluids modeled with the Stokes equation. The proposed algorithm is based on minimization of an objective energy function that consists of the dissipation power…

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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

Conventional mathematical models for simulating incompressible fluid flow problems are based on the Navier-Stokes equations expressed in terms of pressure and velocity. In this context, pressure-velocity coupling is a key issue, and…

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In this paper, we introduce a new finite element method for solving the Stokes equations in the primary velocity-pressure formulation. This method employs $H(div)$ finite elements to approximate velocity, which leads to two unique…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-23 Xiu Ye , Shangyou Zhang

In this paper we study parametric TraceFEM and parametric SurfaceFEM (SFEM) discretizations of a surface Stokes problem. These methods are applied both to the Stokes problem in velocity-pressure formulation and in stream function…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-06 Philip Brandner , Thomas Jankuhn , Simon Praetorius , Arnold Reusken , Axel Voigt

Recent analysis of the divergence constraint in the incompressible Stokes/Navier--Stokes problem has stressed the importance of equivalence classes of forces and how it plays a fundamental role for an accurate space discretization. Two…

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In this paper, we consider the Stokes problem with Dirichlet boundary conditions and the constant kinematic viscosity $\nu$ in an axis-aligned domain $\Omega$. We decouple the velocity $\bm u$ and pressure $p$ by deriving a novel biharmonic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-17 Qiwei Feng , Bin Han , Michael Neilan

Within the last years pressure robust methods for the discretization of incompressible fluids have been developed. These methods allow the use of standard finite elements for the solution of the problem while simultaneously removing a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-20 Seshadri R. Basava , Winnifried Wollner

In this paper, we design and analyze a Hybrid High-Order discretization method for the steady motion of non-Newtonian, incompressible fluids in the Stokes approximation of small velocities. The proposed method has several appealing features…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-11 Michele Botti , Daniel Castanon Quiroz , Daniele A. Di Pietro , André Harnist

This paper presents a pressure-robust and element-wise divergence-free nonconforming finite element method for the Stokes problem on curved domains. The discrete element is constructed by mapping the Fortin-Soulie element from a reference…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Wei Chen , Zhen Liu

This work proposes a superconvergent hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) method for the approximation of the Cauchy formulation of the Stokes equation using same degree of polynomials for the primal and mixed variables. The novel…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-16 Matteo Giacomini , Alexandros Karkoulias , Ruben Sevilla , Antonio Huerta

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.…

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In this paper we introduce and analyze, for two and three dimensions, a finite element method to approximate the natural frequencies of a flow system governed by the Stokes-Brinkman equations. Here, the fluid presents the capability of…

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In this paper, we present an efficient numerical algorithm for solving the time-dependent Cahn--Hilliard--Navier--Stokes equations that model the flow of two phases with different densities. The pressure-correction step in the projection…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-02 Chen Liu , Deep Ray , Christopher Thiele , Lu Lin , Beatrice Riviere

Pointwise divergence free velocity field approximations of the Stokes system are gaining popularity due to their necessity in precise modelling of physical flow phenomena. Several methods have been designed to satisfy this requirement;…

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In this paper, we propose a ${ P_{1}^{c}}\oplus {RT0}-P0$ discretization of the Stokes equations on general simplicial meshes in two/three dimensions (2D/3D), which yields an exactly divergence-free and pressure-independent velocity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-07 Xu Li , Hongxing Rui

A stabilized finite element method is introduced for the simulation of time-periodic creeping flows, such as those found in the cardiorespiratory systems. The new technique, which is formulated in the frequency rather than time domain,…

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