Reliable and efficient error control for an adaptive Galerkin-characteristic method for convection-dominated diffusion problems

DOI10.1007/s10444-011-9210-7zbMath1262.65118MaRDI QIDQ695642

Richard E. Ewing, Ming Cui, Zhang-Xin Chen, Guan Qin, Hongsen Chen

Publication date: 21 December 2012

Published in: Advances in Computational Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10444-011-9210-7

zbMATH Keywords

algorithm; convergence; Galerkin method; numerical results; adaptive grid refinement; characteristic method; a posteriori error bound; convection-dominated diffusion problem; data oscillation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35K20: Initial-boundary value problems for second-order parabolic equations

65M12: Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

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

65M25: Numerical aspects of the method of characteristics for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

65M15: Error bounds for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

Uses Software

• ALBERT