Enhanced Cell-Centered Finite Differences for Elliptic Equations on General Geometry

From MaRDI portal





An ``expanded mixed finite element method for second-order elliptic problems is presented and studied. This means that the pressure equation \[ -\nabla\cdot(k\nabla p)= f \] is presented in a mixed form expanded with one more unknown vector variable \(\widetilde{\mathbf u}\): \[ G\widetilde{\mathbf u}= -\nabla p,\quad {\mathbf u}= KG\widetilde{\mathbf u},\quad \nabla\cdot{\mathbf u}= f. \] A key point in such formulation is a choice of the matrix \(G\), together with an appropriate quadrature formula, so that the mixed finite element method for the expanded system produces cell-centered finite difference approximation for the pressure equation for both triangles and quadrilaterals. The obtained schemes are locally conservative and retain the optimal order of convergence and are also superconvergent under additional assumptions on the mesh.



Cites work


Cited in
(69)








This page was built for publication: Enhanced Cell-Centered Finite Differences for Elliptic Equations on General Geometry

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q4389249)