Stability analysis of the free-surface Stokes problem and an unconditionally stable explicit scheme

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Autori principali: Tominec, Igor, Lundgren, Lukas, Löfgren, André, Ahlkrona, Josefin
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author Tominec, Igor
Lundgren, Lukas
Löfgren, André
Ahlkrona, Josefin
author_facet Tominec, Igor
Lundgren, Lukas
Löfgren, André
Ahlkrona, Josefin
contents Accurate simulations of ice sheet dynamics, mantle convection, lava flow, and other highly viscous free-surface flows involve solving the coupled Stokes/free-surface equations. In this paper, we theoretically analyze the stability and conservation properties of the weak form of this system for Newtonian fluids and non-Newtonian fluids, at both the continuous and discrete levels. We perform the fully discrete stability analysis for finite element methods used in space with explicit and implicit Euler time-stepping methods used in time. Motivated by the theory, we propose a stabilization term designed for the explicit Euler discretization, which ensures unconditional time stability and permits conservation of the domain volume. Numerical experiments validate and support our theoretical findings.
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spellingShingle Stability analysis of the free-surface Stokes problem and an unconditionally stable explicit scheme
Tominec, Igor
Lundgren, Lukas
Löfgren, André
Ahlkrona, Josefin
Numerical Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
65J15, 65M12, 65M60
Accurate simulations of ice sheet dynamics, mantle convection, lava flow, and other highly viscous free-surface flows involve solving the coupled Stokes/free-surface equations. In this paper, we theoretically analyze the stability and conservation properties of the weak form of this system for Newtonian fluids and non-Newtonian fluids, at both the continuous and discrete levels. We perform the fully discrete stability analysis for finite element methods used in space with explicit and implicit Euler time-stepping methods used in time. Motivated by the theory, we propose a stabilization term designed for the explicit Euler discretization, which ensures unconditional time stability and permits conservation of the domain volume. Numerical experiments validate and support our theoretical findings.
title Stability analysis of the free-surface Stokes problem and an unconditionally stable explicit scheme
topic Numerical Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
65J15, 65M12, 65M60
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10447