Analysis of a class of globally divergence-free HDG methods for stationary Navier-Stokes equations

In this paper,we analyze a class of globally divergence-free(and therefore pressure-robust)hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin(HDG)finite element methods for stationary Navier-Stokes equations.The methods use the P_(k)/P_(k-1)(k≥1)discontinuous finite element combination for the velocity and pressure approximations in the interior of elements,piecewise Pm(m=k,k-1)for the velocity gradient approximation in the interior of elements,and piecewise P_(k)/P_(k) for the trace approximations of the velocity and pressure on the inter-element boundaries.We show that the uniqueness condition for the discrete solution is guaranteed by that for the continuous solution together with a sufficiently small mesh size.Based on the derived discrete HDG Sobolev embedding properties,optimal error estimates are obtained.Numerical experiments are performed to verify the theoretical analysis.