A structure-preserving split finite element discretization of the split wave equations

DOI10.1016/J.AMC.2017.12.035zbMATH Open1429.65225arXiv1703.07658OpenAlexW2600129908MaRDI QIDQ2279256FDOQ2279256

Authors: Werner Bauer, Jörn Behrens 

Publication date: 12 December 2019

Published in: Applied Mathematics and Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We introduce a new finite element (FE) discretization framework applicable for covariant split equations. The introduction of additional differential forms (DF) that form pairs with the original ones permits the splitting of the equations into topological momentum and continuity equations and metric-dependent closure equations that apply the Hodge-star operator. Our discretization framework conserves this geometrical structure and provides for all DFs proper FE spaces such that the differential operators hold in strong form. We introduce lowest possible order discretizations of the split 1D wave equations, in which the discrete momentum and continuity equations follow by trivial projections onto piecewise constant FE spaces, omitting partial integrations. Approximating the Hodge-star by nontrivial Galerkin projections (GP), the two discrete metric equations follow by projections onto either the piecewise constant (GP0) or piecewise linear (GP1) space. Our framework gives us three schemes with significantly different behavior. The split scheme using twice GP1 is unstable and shares the dispersion relation with the P1-P1 FE scheme that approximates both variables by piecewise linear spaces (P1). The split schemes that apply a mixture of GP1 and GP0 share the dispersion relation with the stable P1-P0 FE scheme that applies piecewise linear and piecewise constant (P0) spaces. However, the split schemes exhibit second order convergence for both quantities of interest. For the split scheme applying twice GP0, we are not aware of a corresponding standard formulation to compare with. Though it does not provide a satisfactory approximation of the dispersion relation as short waves are propagated much too fast, the discovery of the new scheme illustrates the potential of our discretization framework as a toolbox to study and find FE schemes by new combinations of FE spaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.07658

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zbMATH Keywords

dispersion relationstructure-preserving discretizationshallow-water wave equationssplit finite element methodsplit linear wave equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M60)

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• A structure-preserving approximation of the discrete split rotating shallow water equations

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