The effect of quadrature rules on finite element solutions of Maxwell variational problems. Consistency estimates on meshes with straight and curved elements

DOI10.1007/S00211-021-01186-8MaRDI QIDQ2022342zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Rubén Aylwin, Carlos Jerez-Hanckes

Publication date 28 April 2021

Published in Numerische Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.01338

zbMATH Keywords

error analysisfinite element solutionsMaxwell variational problemsquadrature rules

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) Maxwell equations (35Q61) Numerical integration (65D30) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N12) Error bounds for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N15) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Finite element, Galerkin and related methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M10) Variational methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M30)

Abstract: We study the effects of numerical quadrature rules on error convergence rates when solving Maxwell-type variational problems via the curl-conforming or edge finite element method. A complete {em a priori} error analysis for the case of bounded polygonal and curved domains with non-homogeneous coefficients is provided. We detail sufficient conditions with respect to mesh refinement and precision for the quadrature rules so as to guarantee convergence rates following that of exact numerical integration. On curved domains, we isolate the error contribution to numerical quadrature rules.

Review text

The effects of numerical integration are studied when approximating Maxwell-type variational problems via finite elements (FE) in bounded domains with perfectly conducting boundary conditions. Through the error analysis, conditions are derived for quadrature rules to guarantee orders of convergence, with respect to the mesh size, of the error associated with numerical approximation of exact integration. Convergence rate estimates are presented between fully discrete and continuous solutions on polygonal domains, specifying sufficient conditions on the quadrature rules to ensure the same convergence rate one would obtain with exact integration. The authors show that the conditions on the quadrature rules will depend on the polynomial degree of FE approximation spaces and the degree of precision used to mesh the domain when not polygonal. The maximum possible convergence rate is limited by the smoothness of parameters and of the continuous solution. The convergence results are tested on a polygonal domain, namely the cube by isolating the effects of quadrature rules on the observed rates of convergence. Convergence estimate for first- and second-order curl-conforming finite elements are validated on numerical examples. Furthermore, the effect of quadrature precision on preasymptotic convergence is investigated.

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