Lagrangian and moving mesh methods for the convection diffusion equation
Chrysafinos, Konstantinos ; Walkington, Noel J.
ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Tome 42 (2008), p. 25-55 / Harvested from Numdam
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We propose and analyze a semi lagrangian method for the convection-diffusion equation. Error estimates for both semi and fully discrete finite element approximations are obtained for convection dominated flows. The estimates are posed in terms of the projections constructed in [Chrysafinos and Walkington, SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 43 (2006) 2478-2499; Chrysafinos and Walkington, SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 44 (2006) 349-366] and the dependence of various constants upon the diffusion parameter is characterized. Error estimates independent of the diffusion constant are obtained when the velocity field is computed exactly.

Publié le : 2008-01-01
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1051/m2an:2007053
Classification:  65M60,  65M15 
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Chrysafinos, Konstantinos; Walkington, Noel J. Lagrangian and moving mesh methods for the convection diffusion equation. ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Tome 42 (2008) pp. 25-55. doi : 10.1051/m2an:2007053. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/M2AN_2008__42_1_25_0/

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