Remarks on the 3D Stokes eigenvalue problem under Navier boundary conditions

We study the Stokes eigenvalue problem under Navier boundary conditions in $$C^{1,1}$$ C 1 , 1 -domains $$\Omega \subset \mathbb {R}^3$$ Ω ⊂ R 3 . Differently from the Dirichlet boundary conditions, zero may be the least eigenvalue. We fully characterize the domains where this happens and we show that the ball is the unique domain where the zero eigenvalue is not simple, it has multiplicity three. We apply these results to show the validity/failure of a suitable Poincaré-type inequality. The proofs are obtained by combining analytic and geometric arguments.

An Efficient Algorithm with Stabilized Finite Element Method for the Stokes Eigenvalue Problem

This paper provides a two-space stabilized mixed finite element scheme for the Stokes eigenvalue problem based on local Gauss integration. The two-space strategy contains solving one Stokes eigenvalue problem using theP1-P1finite element pair and then solving an additional Stokes problem using theP2-P2finite element pair. The postprocessing technique which increases the order of mixed finite element space by using the same mesh can accelerate the convergence rate of the eigenpair approximations. Moreover, our method can save a large amount of computational time and the corresponding convergence analysis is given. Finally, numerical results are presented to confirm the theoretical analysis.