A High-Order, Analytically Divergence-Free Approximation Method for the Time-Dependent Stokes Problem
A High-Order, Analytically Divergence-Free Approximation Method for the Time-Dependent Stokes Problem
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10.1137/151006196
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2016-04
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C. Keim;H. Wendland
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作者:
C. Keim;H. Wendland
We develop and analyze a new high-order approximation method for the time-dependent Stokes equation. Our method is based upon a Leray projection, which converts the Stokes equation into a vector-valued heat equation. We then employ meshfree approximation spaces to discretize in space. These discrete approximation spaces use a well-chosen pair of matrix-valued kernels such that, among other things, the velocity is approximated by an analytically divergence-free function. Moreover, the pressure part of the solution is computed simultaneously with the velocity, so that no additional auxiliary problem has to be solved and so that no inf-sup conditions have to be satisfied. Finally, since we use collocation in space, no spatial numerical integration is required. We will give a rigorous analysis of the method in the periodic setting but also point out how the method can be used in more general situations.