Abstract
We present a high-order Bernstein–Bézier finite element discretization to accurately solve three-dimensional advection-dominated problems on unstructured tetrahedral meshes. The key idea consists of implementing a modified method of characteristics to discretize the advection terms in a Bernstein–Bésier finite element framework. The proposed Bernstein–Bézier Lagrange–Galerkin method has been designed so that the Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy condition is strongly relaxed using semi-Lagrangian time discretization. A low complexity procedures in building finite element matrices and load vectors is also achieved in the present work by both the analytical rule and the sum factorization method using the tensorial feature of Bernstein polynomials. Several numerical examples including advection–diffusion equations with known analytical solutions and the viscous Burgers problem are considered to illustrate the accuracy, robustness and performance of the proposed approach. The computed results support our expectations for a stable and highly accurate Bernstein–Bézier Lagrange–Galerkin finite element method for three-dimensional advection-dominated problems.
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