A new finite-element discretization of the Stokes problem coupled with the Darcy equations

作者:Bernardi Christine*; Hecht Frederic; Nouri Fatma Zohra
来源:IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis, 2010, 30(1): 61-93.
DOI:10.1093/imanum/drn054

摘要

The flow in a rigid porous medium with a crack is usually modelled by the Darcy equations coupled with the Stokes problem. We first propose a new variational formulation of the Stokes system, where the unknowns are the vorticity, the velocity and the pressure, and describe the corresponding finite-element discretization. We extend this discretization to the case where the Darcy and the Stokes equations are coupled and prove optimal a priori and a posteriori error estimates. We conclude with some numerical experiments.

  • 出版日期2010-1