Abstract
We propose two different discrete formulations for the weak imposition of the Neumann boundary conditions of the Darcy flow. The Raviart–Thomas mixed finite element on both triangular and quadrilateral meshes is considered for both methods. One is a consistent discretization depending on a weighting parameter scaling as 𝒪(h−1), while the other is a penalty-type formulation obtained as the discretization of a perturbation of the original problem and relies on a parameter scaling as 𝒪(h−k−1), k being the order of the Raviart–Thomas space. We rigorously prove that both methods are stable and result in optimal convergent numerical schemes with respect to appropriate mesh-dependent norms, although the chosen norms do not scale as the usual L2-norm. However, we are still able to recover the optimal a priori L2-error estimates for the velocity field, respectively, for high-order and the lowest-order Raviart–Thomas discretizations, for the first and second numerical schemes. Finally, some numerical examples validating the theory are exhibited.
Funding statement: Erik Burman was partially supported by the EPSRC grants EP/P01576X/1 and EP/T033126/1. Riccardo Puppi was partially supported by ERC AdG project CHANGE No. 694515.
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