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We propose and rigorously analyze a finite element method for the approximation of stationary Fokker--Planck--Kolmogorov (FPK) equations subject to periodic boundary conditions in two settings: one with weakly differentiable coefficients,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-19 Timo Sprekeler , Endre Süli , Zhiwen Zhang

We propose a new discretization method for the Stokes equations. The method is an improved version of the method recently presented in [C. Lehrenfeld, J. Sch\"oberl, Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng., 361 (2016)] which is based on an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-03-29 Philip L. Lederer , Christoph Lehrenfeld , Joachim Schöberl

In this paper, we propose a discretization for the (nonlinearized) compressible Stokes problem with a linear equation of state $\rho=p$, based on Crouzeix-Raviart elements. The approximation of the momentum balance is obtained by usual…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2008-09-18 Thierry Gallouët , Raphaele Herbin , Jean-Claude Latché

In this work, we show how to impose no-slip boundary conditions for an H(curl)-based formulation for incompressible Stokes flow, which is used in structure-preserving discretizations of Navier-Stokes and magnetohydrodynamics equations. At…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-06 Wietse M. Boon , Wouter Tonnon , Enrico Zampa

We consider solutions of the Stokes system in a neighborhood of a point in which the velocity $u$ vanishes of order $d$. We prove that there exists a divergence-free polynomial $P$ in $x$ with $t$-dependent coefficients of degree $d$ which…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-12-04 Guher Camliyurt , Igor Kukavica

Reformulating the incompressible Stokes equations with the velocity sought in H(curl) has recently emerged as a promising approach for the design of helicity-preserving schemes in magnetohydrodynamics and pressure-robust finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-23 Wietse M. Boon , Ralf Hiptmair , Wouter Tonnon , Enrico Zampa

This paper describes the recently developed mixed mimetic spectral element method for the Stokes problem in the vorticity-velocity-pressure formulation. This compatible discretization method relies on the construction of a conforming…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2012-06-14 Jasper Kreeft , Marc Gerritsma

Local behaviors near boundary are analyzed for solutions of the Stokes and Navier-Stoke equations in the half space with localized non-smooth boundary data. We construct solutions of Stokes equations whose velocity field is not bounded near…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-06-07 TongKeun Chang , Kyungkeun Kang

We present analysis of two lowest-order hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin methods for the Stokes problem, while making only minimal regularity assumptions on the exact solution. The methods under consideration have previously been shown…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-07 Aaron Baier-Reinio , Sander Rhebergen , Garth N. Wells

We introduce new control-volume finite-element discretization schemes suitable for solving the Stokes problem. Within a common framework, we present different approaches for constructing such schemes. The first and most established strategy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-05 Martin Schneider , Timo Koch

We introduce a new discretization of a mixed formulation of the incompressible Stokes equations that includes symmetric viscous stresses. The method is built upon a mass conserving mixed formulation that we recently studied. The improvement…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Jay Gopalakrishnan , Philip L. Lederer , Joachim Schöberl

In this paper we apply the recently developed mimetic discretization method to the mixed formulation of the Stokes problem in terms of vorticity, velocity and pressure. The mimetic discretization presented in this paper and in [50] is a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-03 Jasper Kreeft , Marc Gerritsma

We describe a computational framework for simulating suspensions of rigid particles in Newtonian Stokes flow. One central building block is a collision-resolution algorithm that overcomes the numerical constraints arising from particle…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-06-24 Wen Yan , Eduardo Corona , Dhairya Malhotra , Shravan Veerapaneni , Michael Shelley

We study a colocated cell centered finite volume method for the approximation of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations posed on a 2D or 3D finite domain. The discrete unknowns are the components of the velocity and the pressures, all…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2008-04-30 Robert Eymard , Raphaele Herbin , Jean-Claude Latché

In this paper a class of higher order finite element methods for the discretization of surface Stokes equations is studied. These methods are based on an unfitted finite element approach in which standard Taylor-Hood spaces on an underlying…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-09-19 Thomas Jankuhn , Arnold Reusken

In this paper, we design and analyze staggered discontinuous Galerkin methods of arbitrary polynomial orders for the stationary Navier-Stokes equations on polygonal meshes. The exact divergence-free condition for the velocity is satisfied…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-21 Dohyun Kim , Lina Zhao , Eric Chung , Eun-Jae Park

We consider a Stokes problem posed on a 2D surface embedded in a 3D domain. The equations describe an equilibrium, area-preserving tangential flow of a viscous surface fluid and serve as a model problem in the dynamics of material…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-23 Maxim A. Olshanskii , Annalisa Quaini , Arnold Reusken , Vladimir Yushutin

The paper introduces a finite element method for the incompressible Navier--Stokes equations posed on a closed surface $\Gamma\subset\R^3$. The method needs a shape regular tetrahedra mesh in $\mathbb{R}^3$ to discretize equations on the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-27 Maxim A. Olshanskii , Vladimir Yushutin

We introduce a new discretization based on the Trefftz-DG method for solving the Stokes equations. Discrete solutions of a corresponding method fulfill the Stokes equation pointwise within each element and yield element-wise divergence-free…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-18 Philip L. Lederer , Christoph Lehrenfeld , Paul Stocker

In several studies it has been observed that, when using stabilised $\mathbb{P}_k^{}\times\mathbb{P}_k^{}$ elements for both velocity and pressure, the error for the pressure is smaller, or even of a higher order in some cases, than the one…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-09-23 Gabriel R. Barrenechea , Michał Bosy , Victorita Dolean