A new high order finite volume element solution on arbitrary triangular and quadrilateral meshes (Q2171167)

The aim of this article is to establish high-order finite volume approximations for the two-dimensional anisotropic diffusion problem. To this end, the standard \(k\)-th order finite element solution is postprocessed to obtain a new high-order finite volume element approximation which satisfies the local conservation property on a certain dual mesh. The postprocessing algorithm has a local nature and can be conducted element by element. One of the main new tools is the introduction of a new bubble function, which enables to prove the existence and uniqueness of the postprocessed solution on arbitrary triangular or convex quadrilateral meshes with full anisotropic diffusion tensor. Some numerical tests are presented to support the theoretical results.