An immersed discontinuous finite element method for Stokes interface problems

We present a discontinuous immersed finite element (IFE) method for Stokes interface problems on Cartesian meshes that do not require the mesh to be aligned with the interface. As such, the method allows unfitted meshes with elements cut by the interface and thus, may contain more than one fluid. On...

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Published in:Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering 2015-08, Vol.293, p.170-190
Main Authors: Adjerid, Slimane, Chaabane, Nabil, Lin, Tao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Discontinuous Galerkin method
Immersed finite elements
Interface problem
Stokes problem
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Summary:We present a discontinuous immersed finite element (IFE) method for Stokes interface problems on Cartesian meshes that do not require the mesh to be aligned with the interface. As such, the method allows unfitted meshes with elements cut by the interface and thus, may contain more than one fluid. On these unfitted meshes we construct an immersed Q1/Q0 finite element space according to the location of the interface and pertinent interface jump conditions. The proposed Q1/Q0 IFE shape functions have several desirable features such as the unisolvence and the partition of unity. We present several numerical examples to demonstrate that the proposed IFE spaces maintain the optimal approximation capability with respect to the polynomials used. We also show that related discontinuous IFE solutions of Stokes interface problems maintain the optimal convergence rates in both L2 and broken H1 norms.
ISSN:0045-7825
1879-2138
DOI:10.1016/j.cma.2015.04.006