Long time numerical stability and asymptotic analysis for the viscoelastic Oldroyd flows (Q432585)

This paper studies the long term numerical stability and asymptotic behavior for the viscoelastic Oldroyd fluid motion equations. First, with the Euler semi-implicit scheme for temporal discretization, it deduces the global \(H^2\)-stability result for the fully discrete finite element solution. Second, based on the uniform stability of the numerical solution, it investigates the discrete asymptotic behavior and claims that the viscoelastic Oldroyd problem converges to the stationary Navier-Stokes flows if the body force \(f(x,t)\) approaches a stead-state \(f_{\infty}(x)\) as \( t \rightarrow \infty \). Finally, some numerical experiments are given to verify the theoretical predictions.