A Hybrid High-Order Method for the Power-Law Brinkman Problem with Robust Error Estimates in all Regimes

Abstract

Abstract. In this work, we propose and analyze a new hybrid high-order method for the Brinkman problem for fluids with power-law viscosity. The proposed method supports general meshes and arbitrary approximation orders and is robust in all regimes, from pure (power-law) Stokes to pure Darcy. Robustness is reflected by error estimates that distinguish the contributions from Stokes- and Darcy-dominated elements as identified by an appropriate dimensionless number and that additionally account for pre-asymptotic orders of convergence. Theoretical results are illustrated by a complete panel of numerical experiments.