ISSN:
0271-2091
Keywords:
Stokes equations
;
Mixed finite elements
;
Stabilization
;
Uzawa-type algorithm
;
Preconditioning
;
Engineering
;
Engineering General
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
We study the behaviour of a conjugate gradient Uzawa-type method for a stabilized finite element approximation of the Stokes problem. Many variants of the Uzawa algorithm have been described for different finite elements satisfying the well-known Inf-Sup condition of Babuška and Brezzi, but it is surprising that developments for unstable ‘low-order’ discretizations with stabilization procedures are still missing. Our paper is presented in this context for the popular (so-called) Q1-P0 element.First we show that a simple stabilization technique for this element permits us to retain the property of a convergence factor bounded independently of the discretization mesh size. The second contribution of this work deals with the construction of a less costly preconditioner taking full advantages of the block diagonal structure of the stabilization matrix. Its efficiency is supported by 2D and. 3D numerical results.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.1650140304
