A posteriori error analysis of a mixed FEM for the coupled Brinkman-Forchheimer/Darcy problem

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Main Authors: Caucao, Sergio, Zúñiga, Paulo
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Zúñiga, Paulo
contents We consider a mixed variational formulation recently proposed for the coupling of the Brinkman--Forchheimer and Darcy equations and develop the first reliable and efficient residual-based a posteriori error estimator for the 2D version of the associated conforming mixed finite element scheme. For the reliability analysis, due to the nonlinear nature of the problem, we make use of the inf-sup condition and the strong monotonicity of the operators involved, along with a stable Helmholtz decomposition in Hilbert spaces and local approximation properties of the Raviart--Thomas and Clément interpolants. On the other hand, inverse inequalities, the localization technique through bubble functions, and known results from previous works are the main tools yielding the efficiency estimate. Finally, several numerical examples confirming the theoretical properties of the estimator and illustrating the performance of the associated adaptive algorithms are reported. In particular, the case of flow through a heterogeneous porous medium is considered.
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spellingShingle A posteriori error analysis of a mixed FEM for the coupled Brinkman-Forchheimer/Darcy problem
Caucao, Sergio
Zúñiga, Paulo
Numerical Analysis
We consider a mixed variational formulation recently proposed for the coupling of the Brinkman--Forchheimer and Darcy equations and develop the first reliable and efficient residual-based a posteriori error estimator for the 2D version of the associated conforming mixed finite element scheme. For the reliability analysis, due to the nonlinear nature of the problem, we make use of the inf-sup condition and the strong monotonicity of the operators involved, along with a stable Helmholtz decomposition in Hilbert spaces and local approximation properties of the Raviart--Thomas and Clément interpolants. On the other hand, inverse inequalities, the localization technique through bubble functions, and known results from previous works are the main tools yielding the efficiency estimate. Finally, several numerical examples confirming the theoretical properties of the estimator and illustrating the performance of the associated adaptive algorithms are reported. In particular, the case of flow through a heterogeneous porous medium is considered.
title A posteriori error analysis of a mixed FEM for the coupled Brinkman-Forchheimer/Darcy problem
topic Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.19695