Title
Robust fixed stress splitting for Biot's equations in heterogeneous media.
Abstract
We study the iterative solution of coupled flow and geomechanics in heterogeneous porous media, modeled by a three-field formulation of the linearized Biot’s equations. We propose and analyze a variant of the widely used Fixed Stress Splitting method applied to heterogeneous media. As spatial discretization, we employ linear Galerkin finite elements for mechanics and mixed finite elements (lowest order Raviart–Thomas elements) for flow. Additionally, we use implicit Euler time discretization. The proposed scheme is shown to be globally convergent with optimal theoretical convergence rates. The convergence is rigorously shown in energy norms employing a new technique. Furthermore, numerical results demonstrate robust iteration counts with respect to the full range of Lamé parameters for homogeneous and heterogeneous media. Being in accordance with the theoretical results, the iteration count is hardly influenced by the degree of heterogeneities.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1016/j.aml.2016.12.019
Applied Mathematics Letters
Keywords
Field
DocType
Linear poroelasticity,Biot’s equations,Iterative coupling,Heterogeneous porous media
Convergence (routing),Discretization,Lamé parameters,Mathematical optimization,Mathematical analysis,Galerkin method,Finite element method,Backward Euler method,Geomechanics,Mathematics,Biot number
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
68
0893-9659
5
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.48
2
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jakub Wiktor Both160.86
Manuel Borregales250.48
Jan M. Nordbotten3378.01
Kundan Kumar4133.63
Florin A. Radu5338.58