Projection stabilized nonconforming finite element methods for the stokes problem

In this article we study a projection‐stabilized nonconforming finite element discretization of the Stokes problem. We present a priori error analysis and give a recovery‐based a posteriori error estimator for the considered problem. Numerical results illustrate the theoretical performance of the error estimator. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 33: 218–240, 2017     

A residual based error estimator for mortar finite element discretizations

Summary. A residual based error estimator for the approximation of linear elliptic boundary value problems by nonconforming finite element methods is introduced and analyzed. In particular, we consider mortar finite element techniques restricting ourselves to geometrically conforming domain decomposition methods using P1 approximations in each subdomain. Additionally, a residual based error estimator for Crouzeix-Raviart elements of lowest order is presented and compared with the error estimator obtained in the more general mortar situation. It is shown that the computational effort of the error estimator can be considerably reduced if the special structure of the Lagrange multiplier is taken into account. Received July 18, 1997 / Revised version received July 27, 1998 / Published online September 7, 1999     

HOW TO PROVE THE DISCRETE RELIABILITY FOR NONCONFORMING FINITE ELEMENT METHODS

Optimal convergence rates of adaptive finite element methods are well understood in terms of the axioms of adaptivity.One key ingredient is the discrete reliability of a residualbased a posteriori error estimator,which controls the error of two discrete finite element solutions based on two nested triangulations.In the error analysis of nonconforming finite element methods,like the Crouzeix-Raviart or Morley finite element schemes,the difference of the piecewise derivatives of discontinuous approximations to the distributional gradients of global Sobolev functions plays a dominant role and is the object of this paper.The nonconforming interpolation operator,which comes natural with the definition of the aforementioned nonconforming finite element in the sense of Ciarlet,allows for stability and approximation properties that enable direct proofs of the reliability for the residual that monitors the equilibrium condition.The novel approach of this paper is the suggestion of a right-inverse of this interpolation operator in conforming piecewise polynomials to design a nonconforming approximation of a given coarse-grid approximation on a refined triangulation.The results of this paper allow for simple proofs of the discrete reliability in any space dimension and multiply connected domains on general shape-regular triangulations beyond newest-vertex bisection of simplices.Particular attention is on optimal constants in some standard discrete estimates listed in the appendices.     

A posteriori error estimates for nonconforming finite element methods for fourth-order problems on rectangles

The a posteriori error analysis of conforming finite element discretisations of the biharmonic problem for plates is well established, but nonconforming discretisations are more easy to implement in practice. The a posteriori error analysis for the Morley plate element appears very particular because two edge contributions from an integration by parts vanish simultaneously. This crucial property is lacking for popular rectangular nonconforming finite element schemes like the nonconforming rectangular Morley finite element, the incomplete biquadratic finite element, and the Adini finite element. This paper introduces a novel methodology and utilises some conforming discrete space on macro elements to prove reliability and efficiency of an explicit residual-based a posteriori error estimator. An application to the Morley triangular finite element shows the surprising result that all averaging techniques yield reliable error bounds. Numerical experiments confirm the reliability and efficiency for the established a posteriori error control on uniform and graded tensor-product meshes.     

Reliable a posteriori error control for nonconforming finite element approximation of Stokes flow

We derive computable a posteriori error estimates for the lowest order nonconforming Crouzeix-Raviart element applied to the approximation of incompressible Stokes flow. The estimator provides an explicit upper bound that is free of any unknown constants, provided that a reasonable lower bound for the inf-sup constant of the underlying problem is available. In addition, it is shown that the estimator provides an equivalent lower bound on the error up to a generic constant.

     

Error estimates for a mixed finite volume method for the p-Laplacian problem

In this work we propose and analyze a mixed finite volume method for the p-Laplacian problem which is based on the lowest order Raviart–Thomas element for the vector variable and the P1 nonconforming element for the scalar variable. It is shown that this method can be reduced to a P1 nonconforming finite element method for the scalar variable only. One can then recover the vector approximation from the computed scalar approximation in a virtually cost-free manner. Optimal a priori error estimates are proved for both approximations by the quasi-norm techniques. We also derive an implicit error estimator of Bank–Weiser type which is based on the local Neumann problems.This work was supported by the Post-doctoral Fellowship Program of Korea Science & Engineering Foundation (KOSEF).     

A posterior error analysis for the nonconforming discretization of Stokes eigenvalue problem

In this paper, we present a posteriori error estimator for the nonconforming finite element approximation, including using Crouzeix–Raviart element and extended Crouzeix–Raviart element, of the Stokes eigenvalue problem. With the technique of Helmholtz decomposition, we first give out a posteriori error estimator and prove it as the global upper bound and local lower bound of the approximation error. Then, by deleting a jump term in the indicator, another simpler but equivalent indicator is obtained. Some numerical experiments are provided to verify our analysis.     

Convergence and quasi-optimality of adaptive nonconforming finite element methods for some nonsymmetric and indefinite problems

Recently an adaptive nonconforming finite element method (ANFEM) has been developed by Carstensen and Hoppe (in Numer Math 103:251–266, 2006). In this paper, we extend the result to some nonsymmetric and indefinite problems. The main tools in our analysis are a posteriori error estimators and a quasi-orthogonality property. In this case, we need to overcome two main difficulties: one stems from the nonconformity of the finite element space, the other is how to handle the effect of a nonsymmetric and indefinite bilinear form. An appropriate adaptive nonconforming finite element method featuring a marking strategy based on the comparison of the a posteriori error estimator and a volume term is proposed for the lowest order Crouzeix–Raviart element. It is shown that the ANFEM is a contraction for the sum of the energy error and a scaled volume term between two consecutive adaptive loops. Moreover, quasi-optimality in the sense of quasi-optimal algorithmic complexity can be shown for the ANFEM. The results of numerical experiments confirm the theoretical findings.     

A posteriori error estimator for finite volume methods

In this paper, first we discuss a technique to compare finite volume method and some well-known finite element methods, namely the dual mixed methods and nonconforming primal methods, for elliptic equations. These both equivalences are exploited to give us a posteriori error estimator for finite volume methods. This estimator is explicitly given, easy to compute and asymptotically exact without any regularity of the solution in unstructured grids.     

A posteriori error estimates for nonconforming finite element methods

Summary. Computable a posteriori error bounds for a large class of nonconforming finite element methods are provided for a model Poisson-problem in two and three space dimensions. Besides a refined residual-based a posteriori error estimate, an averaging estimator is established and an -estimate is included. The a posteriori error estimates are reliable and efficient; the proof of reliability relies on a Helmholtz decomposition. Received March 4, 1997 / Revised version received September 4, 2001 / Published online December 18, 2001     

Residual-based a posteriori error estimates of nonconforming finite element method for elliptic problems with Dirac delta source terms

Two residual-based a posteriori error estimators of the nonconforming Crouzeix-Raviart element are derived for elliptic problems with Dirac delta source terms.One estimator is shown to be reliable and efficient,which yields global upper and lower bounds for the error in piecewise W1,p seminorm.The other one is proved to give a global upper bound of the error in Lp-norm.By taking the two estimators as refinement indicators,adaptive algorithms are suggested,which are experimentally shown to attain optimal convergence orders.     

A POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATES IN ADINI FINITE ELEMENT FOR EIGENVALUE PROBLEMS

In this paper, we discuss a posteriori error estimates of the eigenvalue $\lambda_h$ given by Adini nonconforming finite element. We give an asymptotically exact error estimator of the $\lambda_h$. We prove that the order of convergence of the $\lambda_h$ is just 2 and the $\lambda_h$ converge from below for sufficiently small $h$.     

Connections between discontinuous Galerkin and nonconforming finite element methods for the Stokes equations

We study a discontinuous Galerkin finite element method (DGFEM) for the Stokes equations with a weak stabilization of the viscous term. We prove that, as the stabilization parameter γ tends to infinity, the solution converges at speed γ^?1 to the solution of some stable and well‐known nonconforming finite element methods (NCFEM) for the Stokes equations. In addition, we show that an a posteriori error estimator for the DGFEM‐solution based on the reconstruction of a locally conservative H(div, Ω)‐tensor tends at the same speed to a classical a posteriori error estimator for the NCFEM‐solution. These results can be used to affirm the robustness of the DGFEM‐method and also underline the close relationship between the two approaches. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2011     

An adaptive least squares mixed finite element method for the stress‐displacement formulation of linear elasticity

A least‐squares mixed finite element method for linear elasticity, based on a stress‐displacement formulation, is investigated in terms of computational efficiency. For the stress approximation quadratic Raviart‐Thomas elements are used and these are coupled with the quadratic nonconforming finite element spaces of Fortin and Soulie for approximating the displacement. The local evaluation of the least‐squares functional serves as an a posteriori error estimator to be used in an adaptive refinement algorithm. We present computational results for a benchmark test problem of planar elasticity including nearly incompressible material parameters in order to verify the effectiveness of our adaptive strategy. For comparison, conforming quadratic finite elements are also used for the displacement approximation showing convergence orders similar to the nonconforming case, which are, however, not independent of the Lamé parameters. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2005     

Estimateur a posteriori en norme L∞ pour les équations elliptiquesL∞-a posteriori error estimator for elliptic equations

In this Note, we show that modification of Bank–Wieser estimator introduce an L^∞-a posteriori error estimator for conforming and nonconforming methods. We prove, without saturation assumption nor comparison with residual estimators, the equivalence with the L^∞ error. To cite this article: A. Agouzal, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 334 (2002) 411–415.     

Recovery type a posteriori estimates and superconvergence for nonconforming FEM of eigenvalue problems

The main goal of this paper is to present recovery type a posteriori error estimators and superconvergence for the nonconforming finite element eigenvalue approximation of self-adjoint elliptic equations by projection methods. Based on the superconvergence results of nonconforming finite element for the eigenfunction we derive superconvergence and recovery type a posteriori error estimates of the eigenvalue. The results are based on some regularity assumption for the elliptic problem and are applicable to the lowest order nonconforming finite element approximations of self-adjoint elliptic eigenvalue problems with quasi-regular partitions. Therefore, the results of this paper can be employed to provide useful a posteriori error estimators in practical computing under unstructured meshes.     

A posteriori error estimators for nonconforming finite element methods of the linear elasticity problem

In this work we derive and analyze a posteriori error estimators for low-order nonconforming finite element methods of the linear elasticity problem on both triangular and quadrilateral meshes, with hanging nodes allowed for local mesh refinement. First, it is shown that equilibrated Neumann data on interelement boundaries are simply given by the local weak residuals of the numerical solution. The first error estimator is then obtained by applying the equilibrated residual method with this set of Neumann data. From this implicit estimator we also derive two explicit error estimators, one of which is similar to the one proposed by Dörfler and Ainsworth (2005) [24] for the Stokes problem. It is established that all these error estimators are reliable and efficient in a robust way with respect to the Lamé constants. The main advantage of our error estimators is that they yield guaranteed, i.e., constant-free upper bounds for the energy-like error (up to higher order terms due to data oscillation) when a good estimate for the inf-sup constant is available, which is confirmed by some numerical results.     

A new a posteriori error estimate for the Morley element

In this paper, we present a posteriori error analysis for the nonconforming Morley element of the fourth order elliptic equation. We propose a new residual-based a posteriori error estimator and prove its reliability and efficiency. These results refine those of Beirao da Veiga et al. (Numer Math 106:165–179, 2007) by dropping two edge jump terms in both the energy norm of the error and the estimator, and those of Wang and Zhang (Local a priori and a posteriori error estimates of finite elements for biharmonic equation, Research Report, 13, 2006) by showing the efficiency in the sense of Verfürth (A review of a posteriori error estimation and adaptive mesh-refinement techniques, Wiley-Teubner, New York, 1996). Moreover, the normal component in the estimators of Beirao da Veiga et al. (Numer Math 106:165–179, 2007) and Wang and Zhang (Local a priori and a posteriori error estimates of finite elements for biharmonic equation, Research Report, 13, 2006) is dropped, and therefore only the tangential component of the stress on each edge comes into the estimator. In addition, we generalize these results to three dimensional case.     

EXPLICIT ERROR ESTIMATES FOR MIXED AND NONCONFORMING FINITE ELEMENTS

In this paper, we study the explicit expressions of the constants in the error estimates of the lowest order mixed and nonconforming finite element methods. We start with an explicit relation between the error constant of the lowest order Raviart-Thomas interpolation error and the geometric characters of the triangle. This gives an explicit error constant of the lowest order mixed finite element method. Furthermore, similar results can be ex- tended to the nonconforming P1 scheme based on its close connection with the lowest order Raviart-Thomas method. Meanwhile, such explicit a priori error estimates can be used as computable error bounds, which are also consistent with the maximal angle condition for the optimal error estimates of mixed and nonconforming finite element methods.     

Convergence and optimality of the adaptive Morley element method

This paper is devoted to the convergence and optimality analysis of the adaptive Morley element method for the fourth order elliptic problem. A new technique is developed to establish a quasi-orthogonality which is crucial for the convergence analysis of the adaptive nonconforming method. By introducing a new parameter-dependent error estimator and further establishing a discrete reliability property, sharp convergence and optimality estimates are then fully proved for the fourth order elliptic problem.