Weighted extended B-spline method for the approximation of the stationary Stokes problem

A new stabilized, mesh-free method for the approximation of the Stokes problem, using weighted extended B-splines (WEB-splines) as shape functions has been proposed. The web-spline based bilinear velocity–constant pressure element satisfies the so called inf–sup condition or Ladyshenskaya–Babus˘ka–B...

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Published inJournal of computational and applied mathematics Vol. 186; no. 2; pp. 335 - 348
Main Authors Kumar, V.V.K. Srinivas, Kumar, B.V. Rathish, Das, P.C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 15.02.2006
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Inf–sup condition
Stokes equations
WEB-splines
WEB-splines
Stokes equations
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Summary:A new stabilized, mesh-free method for the approximation of the Stokes problem, using weighted extended B-splines (WEB-splines) as shape functions has been proposed. The web-spline based bilinear velocity–constant pressure element satisfies the so called inf–sup condition or Ladyshenskaya–Babus˘ka–Brezzi (LBB) condition. The main advantage of this method over standard finite element methods is that it uses regular grids instead of irregular partitions of domain, thus eliminating the difficult and time consuming pre-processing step. Convergence and Condition number estimates are derived. Numerical experiments in two space dimensions confirm the theoretical predictions.
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ISSN:0377-0427
1879-1778
DOI:10.1016/j.cam.2005.02.008