Space-time unfitted finite element methods for time-dependent problems on moving domains

DOI10.1016/J.CAMWA.2023.01.032arXiv2206.03626MaRDI QIDQ6401413FDOQ6401413

Authors: Santiago Badia, Hridya Dilip, Francesc Verdugo 

Publication date: 7 June 2022

Abstract: We propose a space-time scheme that combines an unfitted finite element method in space with a discontinuous Galerkin time discretisation for the accurate numerical approximation of parabolic problems with moving domains or interfaces. We make use of an aggregated finite element space to attain robustness with respect to the cut locations. The aggregation is performed slab-wise to have a tensor product structure of the space-time discrete space, which is required in the numerical analysis. We analyse the proposed algorithm, providing stability, condition number bounds and anisotropic emph{a priori} error estimates. A set of numerical experiments confirm the theoretical results for a parabolic problem on a moving domain. The method is applied for a mass transfer problem with changing topology.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Multigrid methods; domain decomposition for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N55) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N50) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10)

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