A Finite Element Method for High-Contrast Interface Problems with Error Estimates Independent of Contrast

Johnny Guzmán; Manuel A. Sánchez; Marcus Sarkis

doi:10.1007/s10915-017-0415-x

A Finite Element Method for High-Contrast Interface Problems with Error Estimates Independent of Contrast

Johnny Guzmán, Manuel A. Sánchez, Marcus Sarkis

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Abstract

We define a new finite element method for a steady state elliptic problem with discontinuous diffusion coefficients where the meshes are not aligned with the interface. We prove optimal error estimates in the L² norm and H¹ weighted semi-norm independent of the contrast between the coefficients. Numerical experiments validating our theoretical findings are provided.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	330-365
Number of pages	36
Journal	Journal of Scientific Computing
Volume	73
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-017-0415-x
State	Published - Oct 1 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
J. Guzmán: supported by NSF- DMS 1318108. M. Sarkis: supported in part by NSF-MRI 1337943 and NSF-MPS 1522663.

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© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

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High-contrast
Interface problems

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