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Due to the indefiniteness and poor spectral properties, the discretized linear algebraic system of the vector Laplacian by mixed finite element methods is hard to solve. A block diagonal preconditioner has been developed and shown to be an…
In this paper, we propose a new numerical scheme for the coupled Stokes-Darcy model with Beavers-Joseph-Saffman interface condition. We use the weak Galerkin method to discretize the Stokes equation and the mixed finite element method to…
This paper presents a novel Stabilizer-Free weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for solving the Brinkman equations without the need for conventional stabilization techniques. The Brinkman model, which mathematically blends features of…
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The first order condition of the constrained minimization problem leads to a saddle point problem. A multigrid method using a multiplicative Schwarz smoother for saddle point problems can thus be interpreted as a successive subspace…
A well-known strategy for building effective preconditioners for higher-order discretizations of some PDEs, such as Poisson's equation, is to leverage effective preconditioners for their low-order analogs. In this work, we show that…
In this paper we propose and analyse a new formulation and pointwise divergence-free mixed finite element methods for the numerical approximation of Darcy--Brinkman equations in vorticity--velocity--pressure form, coupled with a transport…
Smoothing properties of two-color distributive relaxation for solving a two-dimensional (2D) Stokes flow by multigrid method are theoretically investigated by using the local Fourier analysis (LFA) method. The governing equation of the 2D…
We present a Ritz-Galerkin discretization on sparse grids using pre-wavelets, which allows to solve elliptic differential equations with variable coefficients for dimension $d=2,3$ and higher dimensions $d>3$. The method applies multilinear…
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We investigate a novel monolithic algebraic multigrid (AMG) preconditioner for the Taylor-Hood ($\pmb{\mathbb{P}}_2/\mathbb{P}_1$) and Scott-Vogelius ($\pmb{\mathbb{P}}_2/\mathbb{P}_1^{disc}$) discretizations of the Stokes equations. The…
In this paper, we propose a parameter-robust preconditioner for the coupled Stokes-Darcy problem equipped with various boundary conditions, enforcing the mass conservation at the interface via a Lagrange multiplier. We rigorously establish…
A fast multigrid solver is presented for high-order accurate Stokes problems discretised by local discontinuous Galerkin (LDG) methods. The multigrid algorithm consists of a simple V-cycle, using an element-wise block Gauss-Seidel smoother.…
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We consider a coupled nonlinear system of equations that describe unsaturated flow in heterogeneous poroelastic media. For the numerical solution, we use a finite element approximation in space and present an efficient multiscale two-grid…
Overlapping block smoothers efficiently damp the error contributions from highly oscillatory components within multigrid methods for the Stokes equations but they are computationally expensive. This paper is concentrated on the development…
In the present paper we concentrate on an important issue in constructing a good multigrid solver: the choice of an efficient smoother. We will introduce all-at-once multigrid solvers for optimal control problems which show robust…
We present a mesh-independent and parameter-robust multigrid solver for the Scott-Vogelius discretisation of the nearly incompressible linear elasticity equations on meshes with a macro element structure. The discretisation achieves exact…
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