An Expanded Mixed Finite Element Method for Space Fractional Darcy Flow in Porous Media

In this paper an expanded mixed formulation is introduced to solve the two dimensional space fractional Darcy flow in porous media. By introducing an auxiliary vector, we derive a new mixed formulation and the well-possedness of the formulation can be established. Then the locally mass-conservative expanded mixed finite element method is applied for the solution. Numerical results are shown to verify the efficiency of the proposed algorithm.

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