An H(div)-conforming Finite Element Method for Biot's Consolidation Model

Autor: Mingchao Cai, Feng Wang, Yuping Zeng
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: East Asian journal on applied mathematics. 9(3)
ISSN: 2079-7362
Popis: In this paper, we develop an H(div)-conforming finite element method for Biot’s consolidation model in poroelasticity. In our method, the flow variables are discretized by an H(div)-conforming mixed finite elements. For relaxing the H(1)-conformity of the displacement, we approximate the displacement by using an H(div)-conforming finite element method, in which the tangential components are discretized in the interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin framework. For both the semi-discrete and the fully discrete schemes, we prove the existence and uniqueness theorems of the approximate solutions and derive the optimal convergence rate for each variable.
Databáze: OpenAIRE