A Posteriori Error Analysis for a New Fully Mixed Isotropic Discretization of the Stationary Stokes-Darcy Coupled Problem

Abstract

In this paper, we develop an a posteriori error analysis for the stationary Stokes-Darcy coupled problem approximated by conforming the finite element method on isotropic meshes in R d , d ∈ f2, 3g. The approach utilizes a new robust stabilized fully mixed discretization. The a posteriori error estimate is based on a suitable evaluation on the residual of the finite element solution plus the stabilization terms. It is proven that the a posteriori error estimate provided in this paper is both reliable and efficient.