Variational multiscale element free Galerkin method for convection-diffusion-reaction equation with small diffusion

Abstract

This paper presents the variational multiscale element free Galerkin method to solve convection-diffusion-reaction equation. The equation under consideration involves a small diffusivity and a large reaction coefficient, which leads to reaction-convection dominated problem. The variational multiscale element free Galerkin method is derived based on Hughes׳s variational multiscale formulation and element free Galerkin method, thus it inherits the advantages of variational multiscale and meshless methods, meanwhile, the formulation is free of any user-defined parameters owing to the stabilization parameter arises naturally. In order to investigate the presented method, both steady and unsteady 2D convection-diffusion-reaction problems are considered, and the numerical results illustrate the proposed method has the high accuracy and stability for solving convection-diffusion-reaction equation.