Abstract
In this paper, we review the development of the so-called local discontinuous Galerkin method for linearized incompressible fluid flow. This is a stable, high-order accurate and locally conservative finite element method whose approximate solution is discontinuous across inter-element boundaries; this property renders the method ideally suited for hp-adaptivity. In the context of the Oseen problem, we present the method and discuss its stability and convergence properties. We also display numerical experiments that show that the method behaves well for a wide range of Reynolds numbers.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 491-506 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Computers and Fluids |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 4-5 SPEC.ISS. |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2005 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The first author was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (Grant DMS-0107609) and by the University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute.