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    Stabilizing poor mass conservation in incompressible flow problems with large irrotational forcing and application to thermal convection
    (Berlin : Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik, 2011) Galvin, Keith J.; Linke, Alexander; Rebholz, Leo G.; Wilson, Nicholas E.
    We consider the problem of poor mass conservation in mixed finite element algorithms for flow problems with large rotation-free forcing in the momentum equation. We provide analysis that suggests for such problems, obtaining accurate solutions necessitates either the use of pointwise divergence-free finite elements (such as Scott-Vogelius), or heavy grad-div stabilization of weakly divergence-free elements. The theory is demonstrated in numerical experiments for a benchmark natural convection problem, where large irrotational forcing occurs with high Rayleigh numbers.
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    Improving mass conservation in FE approximations of the Navier Stokes equations using continuous velocity fields: a connection between grad-div stabilization and Scott-Vogelius elements
    (Berlin : Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik, 2010) Case, Michael A.; Ervin, V.J.; Linke, A.; Rebholz, L.G.
    This article studies two methods for obtaining excellent mass conservation in finite element computations of the Navier-Stokes equations using continuous velocity fields. Under mild restrictions, the Scott-Vogelius element pair has recently been shown to be inf-sup stable and have optimal approximation properties, while also providing pointwise mass conservation. We present herein the first numerical tests of this element pair for the time dependent Navier-Stokes equations. We also prove that, again under these mild restrictions, the limit of the grad-div stabilized Taylor-Hood solutions to the Navier-Stokes problem converges to the Scott-Vogelius solution as the stabilization parameter tends to infinity. That is, in this setting, we provide theoretical justification that choosing the parameter large does not destroy the solution. A limiting result is also proven for the general case. Numerical tests are provided which verify the theory, and show how both Scott-Vogelius and grad-div stabilized Taylor-Hood (with large stabilization parameter) elements can provide accurate results with excellent mass conservation for Navier-Stokes approximations.
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    New connections between finite element formulations of the Navier-Stokes equations
    (Berlin : Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik, 2010) Bowers, Abigail L.; Cousins, Benjamin R.; Linke, Alexander; Rebholz, Leo G.
    We show the velocity solutions to the convective, skew-symmetric, and rotational Galerkin finite element formulations of the Navier-Stokes equations are identical if Scott-Vogelius elements are used, and thus all three formulations will the same pointwise divergence free solution velocity. A connection is then established between the formulations for grad-div stabilized Taylor-Hood elements: under mild restrictions, the formulations' velocity solutions converge to each other (and to the Scott-Vogelius solution) as the stabilization parameter tends to infinity. Thus the benefits of using Scott-Vogelius elements can be obtained with the less expensive Taylor-Hood elements, and moreover the benefits of all the formulations can be retained if the rotational formulation is used. Numerical examples are provided that confirm the theory