An expanded mixed covolume method for Sobolev equation with convection term on triangular grids (Q2846182)

The authors develop a new numerical scheme to solve the two-dimensional Sobolev equation with convection term by implementing an expanded mixed covolume method. This method combines expanded mixed finite element and mixed covolume methods through the introduction of a transfer operator which maps the trial function space into the test function space. The lowest-order Raviart-Thomas mixed finite element space is used as the trial function space. This allows one to not only compute three different physical quantities with good accuracy, but also to be able to preserve the simplicity of the finite volume method.NEWLINENEWLINEThe authors construct the continuous-in-time, backward Euler discrete-in-time expanded mixed covolume schemes and obtain optimal error estimates. They give a numerical example as a means of examining the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed scheme, as per theoretical results provided.