scholarly journals Discontinuous Mixed Covolume Methods for Parabolic Problems

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ailing Zhu ◽  
Ziwen Jiang

We present the semidiscrete and the backward Euler fully discrete discontinuous mixed covolume schemes for parabolic problems on triangular meshes. We give the error analysis of the discontinuous mixed covolume schemes and obtain optimal order error estimates in discontinuousHdivand first-order error estimate inL2.

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Ailing Zhu

The semidiscrete and fully discrete discontinuous mixed covolume schemes for the linear parabolic integrodifferential problems on triangular meshes are proposed. The error analysis of the semidiscrete and fully discrete discontinuous mixed covolume scheme is presented and the optimal order error estimate in discontinuousH(div)and first-order error estimate inL2are obtained with the lowest order Raviart-Thomas mixed element space.


2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 498-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver J Sutton

Abstract Computable estimates for the error of finite element discretisations of parabolic problems in the $L^{\infty }(0,T; L^2(\varOmega ))$ norm are developed, which exhibit constant effectivities (the ratio of the estimated error to the true error) with respect to the simulation time. These estimates, which are of optimal order, represent a significant advantage for long-time simulations and are derived using energy techniques based on elliptic reconstructions. The effectivities of previous optimal-order error estimates in this norm derived using energy techniques are shown numerically to grow in proportion to either the simulation duration or its square root, a key disadvantage compared with earlier estimators derived using parabolic duality arguments. The new estimates form a continuous family, almost all of which are new, reproducing certain familiar energy-based estimates well suited for short-time simulations and not available through the parabolic duality framework. For clarity, we demonstrate the technique applied to a linear parabolic problem discretised using standard conforming finite element methods in space coupled with backward Euler and Crank–Nicolson time discretisations, although it can be applied much more widely.


2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 1652-1701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Hansbo ◽  
Mats G Larson ◽  
Karl Larsson

Abstract We develop a finite element method for the vector Laplacian based on the covariant derivative of tangential vector fields on surfaces embedded in ${\mathbb{R}}^3$. Closely related operators arise in models of flow on surfaces as well as elastic membranes and shells. The method is based on standard continuous parametric Lagrange elements that describe a ${\mathbb{R}}^3$ vector field on the surface, and the tangent condition is weakly enforced using a penalization term. We derive error estimates that take into account the approximation of both the geometry of the surface and the solution to the partial differential equation. In particular, we note that to achieve optimal order error estimates, in both energy and $L^2$ norms, the normal approximation used in the penalization term must be of the same order as the approximation of the solution. This can be fulfilled either by using an improved normal in the penalization term, or by increasing the order of the geometry approximation. We also present numerical results using higher-order finite elements that verify our theoretical findings.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Ziwen Jiang ◽  
Deren Xie

We present a linear backward Euler fully discrete finite volume method for the initial-boundary-value problem of purely longitudinal motion of a homogeneous bar and an give optimal order error estimates inL2andH1norms. Furthermore, we obtain the superconvergence error estimate of the generalized projection of the solutionuinH1norm. Numerical experiment illustrates the convergence and stability of this scheme.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Pei Yin ◽  
Hongyun Yue ◽  
Hongbo Guan

This paper presents a new numerical method and analysis for solving second-order elliptic interface problems. The method uses a modified nonconforming rotated Q1 immersed finite element (IFE) space to discretize the state equation required in the variational discretization approach. Optimal order error estimates are derived in L2-norm and broken energy norm. Numerical examples are provided to confirm the theoretical results.


Author(s):  
Norikazu Saito

Abstract The discontinuous Galerkin (DG) time-stepping method applied to abstract evolution equation of parabolic type is studied using a variational approach. We establish the inf-sup condition or Babuška–Brezzi condition for the DG bilinear form. Then, a nearly best approximation property and a nearly symmetric error estimate are obtained as corollaries. Moreover, the optimal order error estimates under appropriate regularity assumption on the solution are derived as direct applications of the standard interpolation error estimates. Our method of analysis is new for the DG time-stepping method; it differs from previous works by which the method is formulated as the one-step method. We apply our abstract results to the finite element approximation of a second-order parabolic equation with space-time variable coefficient functions in a polyhedral domain, and derive the optimal order error estimates in several norms.


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