Modified Mini finite element for the Stokes problem in ℝ2 or ℝ3

We analyze a modified version of the Mini finite element (or the Mini* finite element) for the Stokes problem in ℝ² or ℝ³. The cross‐grid element of order one in ℝ³ is also analyzed. The stability is verified with the aid of the macroelement technique introduced by Stenberg. Each of these methods converges with first order in h as the Mini element does. Numerical tests are given for the Mini* element in comparison with the Mini element when Ω is a unit square on ℝ². This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

拟线性抛物型积分微分方程的一个新最低阶混合元格式

对一类拟线性抛物型积分微分方程构造了一个新的最低阶三角形协调混合元格式,并直接利用单元插值的性质,给出了相应的收敛性分析和H~1-模及L~2-模意义下的最优误差估计.     

二阶椭圆问题基于泡函数的简化的稳定化二阶混合有限元格式

本文研究二阶椭圆方程基于泡函数的稳定化的二阶混合有限元格式,通过消去泡函数导出一种自由度很少的简化的稳定化的二阶混合有限元格式, 误差分析表明消去泡函数的简化格式与带有泡函数的格式具有相同的精度而可以节省6N_p个自由度(其中N_p三角形剖分中的顶点数目).      

一类单边约束问题的数值方法

本文分别基于原始变分形式与对偶混合变分形式，对一类单边约束问题进行了数值求解，提出了求解离散对偶混合变分问题的Uzawa型算法，并用数值例子验证了算法的有效性．     

OPTIMIZATION APPROACH FOR THE MONGE-AMPèRE EQUATION

In this paper, we introduce and study a method for the numerical solution of the elliptic Monge-Ampère equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We formulate the Monge-Ampère equation as an optimization problem. The latter involves a Poisson Problem which is solved by the finite element Galerkin method and the minimum is computed by the conjugate gradient algorithm. We also present some numerical experiments.     

An Error Analysis of Discontinuous Finite Element Methods for the Optimal Control Problems Governed by Stokes Equation

In this article, an abstract framework for the error analysis of discontinuous finite element method is developed for the distributed and Neumann boundary control problems governed by the stationary Stokes equation with control constraints. A priori error estimates of optimal order are derived for velocity and pressure in the energy norm and the L²-norm, respectively. Moreover, a reliable and efficient a posteriori error estimator is derived. The results are applicable to a variety of problems just under the minimal regularity possessed by the well-posedness of the problem. In particular, we consider the abstract results with suitable stable pairs of velocity and pressure spaces like as the lowest-order Crouzeix–Raviart finite element and piecewise constant spaces, piecewise linear and constant finite element spaces. The theoretical results are illustrated by the numerical experiments.     

Numerical analysis of a mixed elliptic problem with flux and convective boundary conditions to obtain a discrete solution of nonconstant sign

We consider a material that occupies a convex polygonal bounded domain Ω ⊂ ℝⁿ, with regular boundary Γ = Γ₁ ∪ Γ₂ (with Γ ∩ Γ = ∅︁) with meas (Γ₁) = |Γ₁| > 0 and |Γ₂| > 0. We assume, without loss of generality, that the melting temperature is 0°C. We consider the following steady‐state heat conduction problem in Ω: with α, q, B = Const > 0, and q and α represent the heat flux on Γ₂ and the heat transfer coefficient on Γ₁, respectively. In a previous article (Tabacman‐ Tarzia, J Diff Eq 77 (1989), 16– 37) sufficient and/or necessary conditions on data α, q, B, Ω, Γ₁, Γ₂ to obtain a temperature u of nonconstant sign in Ω (that is, a multidimensional steady‐state, two‐phase, Stefan problem) were studied. In this article, we consider a regular triangulation by finite element method of the domain Ω with Lagrange triangles of the type 1, with h > 0 the parameter of the discretization. We study sufficient (and/or necessary) conditions on data α, q, B, Ω, Γ₁, and Γ₂ to obtain a change of phase (steady‐state, two‐phase, discretized Stefan problem) in corresponding discretized domain, that is, a discrete temperature of nonconstant sign in Ω. Moreover, error bounds as a function of the parameter h, are also obtained. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq. 15: 355–369, 1999