Robust mixed methods for coupled Darcy--Forchheimer--transport problems
Abstract
We adapt the recent theory for unique solvability of perturbed saddle-point problems in Banach spaces to the case of parameter-independent stability bounds. This also constitutes an extension to the Brezzi--Braess theory for parameter-robust stability of perturbed saddle-point problems from the Hilbert to the Banach setting. We apply the new abstract result to the mixed formulation of the advection-diffusion-reaction equation and tackle also its coupling with the Darcy--Forchheimer equations. The complete system is shown to be stable irrespective of the model parameters of permeability, Forchheimer coefficient, and reaction modulation. We discretise the problem with mixed finite element methods and show convergence in appropriately parameter-weighted norms. We also design operator-based preconditioners for the full system, utilising weighted norms that provide robustness with respect to some model parameters. We also present a few numerical examples that show the convergence and robustness of the proposed method in some regimes of practical interest.
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BibTeX
@misc{das2026robust,
title = {{Robust mixed methods for coupled Darcy--Forchheimer--transport problems}},
author = {Rishi Das and Harsha Hutridurga and Amiya K. Pani and Ricardo Ruiz-Baier},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2606.14630},
eprint = {2606.14630},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.14630},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Robust mixed methods for coupled Darcy--Forchheimer--transport problems
AU - Rishi Das
AU - Harsha Hutridurga
AU - Amiya K. Pani
AU - Ricardo Ruiz-Baier
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/20
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2606.14630
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.14630
AB - We adapt the recent theory for unique solvability of perturbed saddle-point problems in Banach spaces to the case of parameter-independent stability bounds. This also constitutes an extension to the Brezzi--Braess theory for parameter-robust stability of perturbed saddle-point problems from the Hilbert to the Banach setting. We apply the new abstract result to the mixed formulation of the advection-diffusion-reaction equation and tackle also its coupling with the Darcy--Forchheimer equations. The complete system is shown to be stable irrespective of the model parameters of permeability, Forchheimer coefficient, and reaction modulation. We discretise the problem with mixed finite element methods and show convergence in appropriately parameter-weighted norms. We also design operator-based preconditioners for the full system, utilising weighted norms that provide robustness with respect to some model parameters. We also present a few numerical examples that show the convergence and robustness of the proposed method in some regimes of practical interest.
ER -