Robust error bounds for the Navier–Stokes equations using implicit-explicit second-order BDF method with variable steps

DOI10.1093/IMANUM/DRAC058arXiv2112.12446OpenAlexW4301603529MaRDI QIDQ6190819FDOQ6190819

Julia Novo, Bosco García-Archilla

Publication date: 6 February 2024

Published in: IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper studies fully discrete finite element approximations to the Navier-Stokes equations using inf-sup stable elements and grad-div stabilization. For the time integration two implicit-explicit second order backward differentiation formulae (BDF2) schemes are applied. In both the laplacian is implicit while the nonlinear term is explicit, in the first one, and semi-implicit, in the second one. The grad-div stabilization allow us to prove error bounds in which the constants are independent of inverse powers of the viscosity. Error bounds of order $r$ in space are obtained for the $L^2$ error of the velocity using piecewise polynomials of degree $r$ to approximate the velocity together with second order bounds in time, both for fixed time step methods and for methods with variable time steps. A CFL-type condition is needed for the method in which the nonlinear term is explicit relating time step and spatial mesh sizes parameters.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.12446

zbMATH Keywords

incompressible Navier-Stokes equationsimplicit-explicit methodsgrad-div stabilizationrobust error boundsvariable step BDF2

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Navier-Stokes equations (35Q30) Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M06) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M12) Error bounds for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M15) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M60) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10)

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• Convergence analysis of high-order IMEX-BDF schemes for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations
• Uniform error analysis of an exponential IMEX-SAV method for the incompressible flows with large Reynolds number based on grad-div stabilization

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