In this research, an efficient Galerkin Finite Volume Method (GFVM) along with the h–refinement adaptive process and post–processing error estimation analysis is presented for fracture analysis. The adaptive strategy is used to produce more accurate solution with the least computational cost. To investigate the accuracy and efficiency of the developed model, the GFVM is compared with two versio...

This paper considers the finite element approximation of elliptic boundary value problems in divergence form with rough coefficients. The solution of such problems will, in general, be rough, and it is well known that the usual (Ritz or displacement) finite element method will be inaccurate in general. The purpose of the paper is to help clarify the issue of whether the use of mixed variational...

Given a P1 conforming or nonconforming Galerkin finite element method (GFEM) solution ph, which approximates the exact solution p of the diffusion-reaction equation −∇ · K∇p+ αp = f with full tensor variable coefficient K, we evaluate the approximate flux uh to the exact flux u = −K∇p by a simple but physically intuitive formula over each finite element. The flux is sought in the continuous (in...

This paper presents a comparative study on locally mass-conservative numerical methods for Darcy’s flows. The classical mixed finite element method (MFEM) is compared with the newly developed discontinuous finite volume method (DFVM) with and without weak over-penalization (WOP). These numerical methods are tested on three representative problems in porous media flows. In particular, locality, ...

Abstract: We consider the anisotropic uniaxial formulation of the perfectly matched layer model (UPML). We prove the decay of different energies for the UPML, under certain assumptions, to demonstrate the well-posedness of this formulation. We present and analyze a mixed finite element method for the time domain discretization of the UPML to simulate wave propagation in unbounded domains in two...

The aim of this work is a construction of a dual mixed finite element method for a quasi–Newtonian flow obeying the Carreau or power law. This method is based on the introduction of the stress tensor as a new variable and the reformulation of the governing equations as a twofold saddle point problem. The derived formulation possesses local (i.e. at element level) conservation properties (conser...

Some least-squares mixed finite element methods for convectiondiffusion problems, steady or nonstationary, are formulated, and convergence of these schemes is analyzed. The main results are that a new optimal a priori L2 error estimate of a least-squares mixed finite element method for a steady convection-diffusion problem is developed and that four fully-discrete leastsquares mixed finite elem...

We consider a finite element method based on biorthogonal or quasi-biorthogonal systems for the biharmonic problem. The method is based on the primal mixed finite element method due to Ciarlet and Raviart for the biharmonic equation. Using different finite element spaces for the stream function and vorticity, this approach leads to a formulation only based on the stream function. We prove optim...

In this paper, we discuss the a posteriori error estimates of the mixed finite element method for quadratic optimal control problems governed by linear parabolic equations. The state and the co-state are discretized by the high order Raviart-Thomas mixed finite element spaces and the control is approximated by piecewise constant functions. We derive a posteriori error estimates for both the sta...