Analysis of a stabilized penalty-free Nitsche method for the Brinkman, Stokes, and Darcy problems
2018
In this paper we study the Brinkman model as a unified framework to
allow the transition between the Darcy and the Stokes problems. We propose an
unconditionally stable low-order finite element approach, which is robust
with respect to the whole range of physical parameters, and is based on the
combination of stabilized equal-order finite elements with a non-symmetric
penalty free Nitsche method for the weak imposition of essential boundary
conditions. In particular, we study the properties of the penalty-free
Nitsche formulation for the Brinkman setting, extending a recently reported
analysis for the case of incompressible elasticity (T. Boiveau & E. Burman.
IMA J. Numer. Anal. 36 (2016), no.2, 770-795). Focusing on the
two-dimensional case, we obtain optimal a priori error estimates in a
mesh-dependent norm, which, converging to natural norms in the cases of
Stokes or Darcy flows, allows to extend the results also to these limits.
Moreover, we show that, in order to obtain robust estimates also in the Darcy
limit, the formulation shall be equipped with a Grad-Div stabilization and an
additional stabilization to control the discontinuities of the normal
velocity along the boundary. The conclusions of the analysis are supported by
numerical simulations.
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