Inexact Uzawa conjugate gradient method for the Stokes problem for incompressible fluid

Abstract

In this paper, the two-dimensional Stokes equations are considered for a viscous incompressible fluid in a channel. To construct a discrete problem, the Taylor-Hood finite elements are used. The obtained system of linear algebraic equations is of the saddle point type and is solved by a modified inexact Uzawa conjugate gradient method. Usually the Uzawa methods are considered for velocity-pressure unknowns. In our version, the problem is formulated in terms of velocity-pressure deviations from the desired saddle point of the discrete problem. This allows one to improve considerably the numerical efficiency of the method. The convergence of the method is studied numerically as well as theoretically.