Solution of nonlinear convection-diffusion problems by a conservative Galerkin-characteristics method (Q2391125)

The paper deals with a numerical approximation of the following convection diffusion problem: \[ \partial_tu+\partial_tb(u)+\text{div}\left(\overline{F}(t,x,u)-A(t,x)\nabla u\right)= f(t,x,u) \quad \text{on }Q_T, \] \[ -A \nabla u \cdot \nu=g(t,x,u)\quad \text{on }I\times \Gamma_N,\qquad u=0 \quad\text{on }I \times \Gamma_D \] \[ u(0,x)=u_0(x), \quad x \in \Omega, \] where \(b(u)\) is nonlinear (degenerate) function, \(Q_T=I \times \Omega\), \(I=(0,T]\), \(T< \infty\), \(\Omega \subset\mathbb R^d\), \(d\leq 3\), \(\partial \Omega=\Gamma_N+\Gamma_D\) is the boundary of \(\Omega\) and \(\nu\) is the outward normal vector on \(\Gamma_N\). The author proposes a variant of adjusting advection finite difference method, proves its convergence and gives the error estimate. Numerical examples are given to confirm the theoretical results.