Nonconforming finite elements for the Brinkman and -curlΔcurl problems on cubical meshes [article]

Qian Zhang, Min Zhang, Zhimin Zhang
2022 arXiv   pre-print
We propose two families of nonconforming elements on cubical meshes: one for the -curlΔcurl problem and the other for the Brinkman problem. The element for the -curlΔcurl problem is the first nonconforming element on cubical meshes. The element for the Brinkman problem can yield a uniformly stable finite element method with respect to the parameter ν. The lowest-order elements for the -curlΔcurl and the Brinkman problems have 48 and 30 degrees of freedom, respectively. The two families of
more » ... ts are subspaces of H(curl;Ω) and H(div;Ω), and they, as nonconforming approximation to H(gradcurl;Ω) and [H^1(Ω)]^3, can form a discrete Stokes complex together with the Lagrange element and the L^2 element.
arXiv:2206.08493v2 fatcat:j5p4uq2djbgmljxamiu77mikk4