Finite Element Methods for Flow Problems

Authors: J. Donea and A. Huerta

Below there are some errors found in the book. If you see some other problems, please
contact Antonio Huerta.
The inequality in Theorem 1.2 (page 27) should be
1
min ku0 v h k.
ku0 uh0 k1
vh V h
Similarly, equation (1.35) should read
ku0 uh0 k1 C(u0 )

1 p
h.

The first equation in page 154 should be

"

#
1
(u

u
)(x

t)
l
r
u (x, t) = ur + (ul ur ) 1 tanh
.
2
4
In equation (4.15) the second component of the flux vectors should be v vi + pei ,
where ei is the i-th vector of the standard basis in Rn . Therefore, the equation
should be written as follows:

vi
0
U = v , Fi = v vi + pei , i = 1, . . . , nsd , and B = b .
E
(E + p)vi
v b
In Remark 4.4, vectors F1 and F2 should be

v1
v2

v12 + p

and F2 = v2 1 v2 .
F1 =
v1 v2
v2 + p
Hv2
Hv1
There is also an error in the definition of matrix A2 : the last coefficient should be
v2 instead of v1 .
In section 4.3.3, specifically in the condition for the existence of a wave-like solution,
I is the identity matrix of order nsd + 2.
Second term in the integral equation just above equation (4.27) should be
T
Z 
W
Fk (U) d.
xk

For the example described in section 5.6.2, velocity field should be

a = (y + 0.5, x 0.5).