Numerical comparison of three a posteriori error estimators for nonconforming finite element method

Abstract

Abstract In this paper, we propose to compare three a posteriori error estimators namely equilibrated, star-based and residual based for the Poisson problem and the Stokes problem with lowest-order Crouzeix-Raviart finite element discretization. The numerical results are presented to compare the performance of the three estimators in an adaptive refinement strategy.