A multiscale V–P discretization for flow problems

Abstract: This paper gives a comprehensive numerical analysis of a multiscale method for equilibrium Navier Stokes equations. The method includes pressure regularization and eddy viscosity stabilizations both acting only on the finest scales. This method allows for equal order velocity–pressure spaces as well as the linear constant pair and the usual (P k , P k−1) pair. We show the method is optimal in a natural energy norm for all of these pairs of spaces, and provide guidance in choosing the regularization parameters. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]