# A continuous interior penalty method for viscoelastic flows.

Bonito, Andrea and Burman, Erik (2008) A continuous interior penalty method for viscoelastic flows. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 30 (3). pp. 1156-1177. ISSN 1064-8275

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## Abstract

In this paper we consider a finite element discretization of the Oldroyd-B model of viscoelastic flows. The method uses standard continuous polynomial finite element spaces for velocities, pressures, and stresses. Inf-sup stability and stability for convection-dominated flows are obtained by adding a term penalizing the jump of the solution gradient over element faces. To increase robustness when the Deborah number is high, we add a nonlinear artificial viscosity of shock-capturing type. The method is analyzed on a linear model problem, and optimal a priori error estimates are proven that are independent of the solvent viscosity $\\eta_s$. Finally we demonstrate the performance of the method on some known benchmark cases.

Item Type: Article School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Mathematics Erik Burman 06 Feb 2012 21:22 11 Apr 2012 10:04 http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/30980