A posteriori error estimates for the coupling equations of scalar conservation laws (Q2655228)

The paper deals with the following coupling of two conservation laws in one dimension: \[ u_t+f_R(u)_x-(\varepsilon u)_{xx}=0, \text{} x>0, \; t>0, \] \[ u_t+f_L(u)_x-(\varepsilon u)_{xx}=0, \text{} x<0, \; t>0, \] \[ u(x,0)=0, \text{} x \in \mathbb{R}, \] where \(u:(x,t)\in \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}_+ \to u(x,t)\in \mathbb{R}\) satisfies a suitable ``continuity'' condition \[ u(x,t)=u^b(t), \quad t \geq 0 \] at the interface \(x=0,\) to be compatible with initial condition \(u_0\), \(\varepsilon=\varepsilon(x,t)\) is a positive small viscosity, \(u_0:\; \mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}\) is a given function and \(f_\alpha:\; \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}, \; \alpha=L,R,\) denote two smooth functions. Some a posteriori \(L_2(L_2)\) and \(L_{\infty}(H^{-1})\) residual based error estimates for a finite element method are proposed and a numerical example is given.