ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MIXED METHODS AS NONCONFORMING METHODS FOR 2ND-ORDER ELLIPTIC PROBLEMS

被引:116
作者
ARBOGAST, T [1 ]
CHEN, ZX [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MINNESOTA, ARMY HIGH PERFORMANCE COMP RES CTR, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55415 USA
关键词
FINITE ELEMENT; IMPLEMENTATION; MIXED METHOD; EQUIVALENCE; NONCONFORMING METHOD; MULTIGRID METHOD;
D O I
10.2307/2153478
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
In this paper we show that mixed finite element methods for a fairly general second-order elliptic problem with variable coefficients can be given a nonmixed formulation, (Lower-order terms are treated, so our results apply also to parabolic equations,) We define an approximation method by incorporating some projection operators within a standard Galerkin method, which we call a projection finite element method. It is shown that for a given mixed method, if the projection method's finite element space M(h) satisfies three conditions, then the two approximation methods are equivalent. These three conditions can be simplified for a single element in the case of mixed spaces possessing the usual vector projection operator. We then construct appropriate nonconforming spaces M(h) for the known triangular and rectangular elements. The lowest-order Raviart-Thomas mixed solution on rectangular finite elements in R(2) and R(3), on simplices, or on prisms, is then implemented as a nonconforming method modified in a simple and computationally trivial manner. This new nonconforming solution is actually equivalent to a postprocessed version of the mixed solution. A rearrangement of the computation of the mixed method solution through this equivalence allows us to design simple and optimal-order multigrid methods for the solution of the linear system.
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页码:943 / 972
页数:30
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