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Consider finite element approximation of the Stokes equations. We present a systematic way of stabilizing it by adding bubble functions to the discrete velocity field. Another way of stabilization is also presented where the finite element spaces are kept unchanged but the discrete incompressibility condition is modified instead.
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Brezzi, F., Pitkäranta, J. (1984). On the Stabilization of Finite Element Approximations of the Stokes Equations. In: Hackbusch, W. (eds) Efficient Solutions of Elliptic Systems. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics, vol 10. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-14169-3_2
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