TY - JOUR T1 - A Note on the Approximation Properties of the Locally Divergence-Free Finite Elements AU - Liu , Jiangguo AU - Cali , Rachel JO - International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling VL - 4 SP - 693 EP - 703 PY - 2008 DA - 2008/05 SN - 5 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/ijnam/833.html KW - approximation property, locally divergence-free (LDF), localized $L_2$-projection, solenoidal. AB -

This paper investigates construction and approximation properties of the locally divergence-free (LDF) finite elements. Numerical stability of the natural and normalized bases for the LDF elements is analyzed. Error estimates about the jumps and the total divergence of the localized $L_2$-projection are proved and validated through numerical examples.