Finite Volume Element Solutions Research Articles

Convergence analysis and numerical simulation for a hyperbolic system

In this paper, we develop and analyze a finite volume element method for the approximation of the hyperbolic type equations arising in mathematical physics in one space dimension. In recent years there has been increasing attention in the literatures to the development, analysis and implementation of the solution of hyperbolic equations. In this work, we construct the discrete finite volume element schemes, and give the optimal error estimates between the finite volume element solution and the exact solution. Moreover, numerical experiments are also provided to demonstrate the behavior of the methods and confirm the efficiency and robustness of the presented approach and method. Finally, some conclusions are obtained and our further research work is proposed.

Two-Level Stabilized Finite Volume Methods for Stationary Navier-Stokes Equations

We propose two algorithms of two-level methods for resolving the nonlinearity in the stabilized finite volume approximation of the Navier-Stokes equations describing the equilibrium flow of a viscous, incompressible fluid. A macroelement condition is introduced for constructing the local stabilized finite volume element formulation. Moreover the two-level methods consist of solving a small nonlinear system on the coarse mesh and then solving a linear system on the fine mesh. The error analysis shows that the two-level stabilized finite volume element method provides an approximate solution with the convergence rate of the same order as the usual stabilized finite volume element solution solving the Navier-Stokes equations on a fine mesh for a related choice of mesh widths.

A reduced FVE formulation based on POD method and error analysis for two-dimensional viscoelastic problem

Proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) method has been successfully used in the reduced-order modeling of complex systems. In this paper, we extend the applications of POD method, i.e., combine a classical finite volume element (FVE) method with POD method to establish a reduced FVE formulation with lower dimensions and sufficiently high accuracy for two-dimensional viscoelastic problem with real practical applied background, and analyze the errors between the reduced POD FVE solution and the classical FVE solution so as to provide scientific theoretic basis for service applications. Some numerical examples illustrate the fact that the results of numerical computation are consistent with theoretical conclusions. Moreover, it is also shown that the reduced FVE formulation based on POD method is feasible and efficient for solving two-dimensional viscoelastic problem.

A reduced finite volume element formulation and numerical simulations based on POD for parabolic problems

A proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) method is applied to a usual finite volume element (FVE) formulation for parabolic equations such that it is reduced to a POD FVE formulation with lower dimensions and high enough accuracy. The error estimates between the reduced POD FVE solution and the usual FVE solution are analyzed. It is shown by numerical examples that the results of numerical computation are consistent with theoretical conclusions. Moreover, it is also shown that the reduced POD FVE formulation based on POD method is both feasible and highly efficient.

Two-grid methods for characteristic finite volume element solution of semilinear convection–diffusion equations

Two-grid methods for characteristic finite volume element solutions are presented for a kind of semilinear convection-dominated diffusion equations. The methods are based on the method of characteristics, two-grid method and the finite volume element method. The nonsymmetric and nonlinear iterations are only executed on the coarse grid (with grid size H). And the fine-grid solution (with grid size h) can be obtained by a single symmetric and linear step. It is proved that the coarse grid can be much coarser than the fine grid. The two-grid methods achieve asymptotically optimal approximation as long as the mesh sizes satisfy H = O( h 1/3).

Lp error estimates and superconvergence for covolume or finite volume element methods

AbstractWe consider convergence of the covolume or finite volume element solution to linear elliptic and parabolic problems. Error estimates and superconvergence results in the Lp norm, 2 ≤ p ≤ ∞, are derived. We also show second‐order convergence in the Lp norm between the covolume and the corresponding finite element solutions and between their gradients. The main tools used in this article are an extension of the “supercloseness” results in Chou and Li [Math Comp 69(229) (2000), 103–120] to the Lp based spaces, duality arguments, and the discrete Green's function method. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 19: 463–486, 2003