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A splitting method using discontinuous Galerkin for the transient incompressibleNavier-Stokes equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2005

Vivette Girault,
Béatrice Rivière and
Mary F. Wheeler
Vivette Girault
Affiliation:
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions, , place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France. girault@ann.jussieu.fr
Béatrice Rivière
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, 301 Thackeray, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. riviere@math.pitt.edu
Mary F. Wheeler
Affiliation:
Center for Subsurface Modeling, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, University of Texas, 201 E. 24th St., Austin TX 78712, USA. mfw@ices.utexas.edu
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Abstract

In this paper we solve the time-dependent incompressible Navier-Stokesequations by splitting the non-linearity and incompressibility, andusing discontinuous or continuous finite element methods in space. Weprove optimal error estimates for the velocity and suboptimalestimates for the pressure. We present some numerical experiments.

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Operator splittingtime-dependent Navier-StokesSIPG.

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ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis , Volume 39 , Issue 6 , November 2005, pp. 1115 - 1147
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© EDP Sciences, SMAI, 2005

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