A combined hybrid mixed element method for incompressible miscible displacement problem with local discontinuous Galerkin procedure

In this article, we propose a combined hybrid discontinuous mixed finite element method for miscible displacement problem with local discontinuous Galerkin method. Here, to obtain more accurate approximation and deal with the discontinuous case, we use the hybrid mixed element method to approximate the pressure and velocity, and use the local discontinuous Galerkin finite element method for the concentration. Compared with other combined methods, this method can improve the efficiency of computation, deal with the discontinuous problem well and keep local mass balance. We study the convergence of this method and give the corresponding optimal error estimates in L^∞(L²) for velocity and concentration and the super convergence in L^∞(H¹) for pressure. Finally, we also present some numerical examples to confirm our theoretical analysis.     

A mixed and discontinuous Galerkin finite volume element method for incompressible miscible displacement problems in porous media

The incompressible miscible displacement problem in porous media is modeled by a coupled system of two nonlinear partial differential equations, the pressure‐velocity equation and the concentration equation. In this article, we present a mixed finite volume element method for the approximation of pressure‐velocity equation and a discontinuous Galerkin finite volume element method for the concentration equation. A priori error estimates in L^∞(L²) are derived for velocity, pressure, and concentration. Numerical results are presented to substantiate the validity of the theoretical results. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2012     

A weak Galerkin mixed finite element method for the Helmholtz equation with large wave numbers

In this article, a new weak Galerkin mixed finite element method is introduced and analyzed for the Helmholtz equation with large wave numbers. The stability and well‐posedness of the method are established for any wave number k without mesh size constraint. Allowing the use of discontinuous approximating functions makes weak Galerkin mixed method highly flexible in term of little restrictions on approximations and meshes. In the weak Galerkin mixed finite element formulation, approximation functions can be piecewise polynomials with different degrees on different elements and meshes can consist elements with different shapes. Suboptimal order error estimates in both discrete H¹ and L² norms are established for the weak Galerkin mixed finite element solutions. Numerical examples are tested to support the theory.     

Two‐Grid method for nonlinear parabolic equations by expanded mixed finite element methods

In this article, we develop a two‐grid algorithm for nonlinear reaction diffusion equation (with nonlinear compressibility coefficient) discretized by expanded mixed finite element method. The key point is to use two‐grid scheme to linearize the nonlinear term in the equations. The main procedure of the algorithm is solving a small‐scaled nonlinear equations on the coarse grid and dealing with a linearized system on the fine space using the Newton iteration with the coarse grid solution. Error estimation to the expanded mixed finite element solution is analyzed in detail. We also show that two‐grid solution achieves the same accuracy as long as the mesh sizes satisfy H = O(h^1/2). Two numerical experiments are given to verify the effectiveness of the algorithm. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2013     

A splitting positive definite mixed finite element method for two classes of integro-differential equations

In this article, we establish a new mixed finite element procedure to solve the second-order hyperbolic and pseudo-hyperbolic integro-differential equations, in which the mixed element system is symmetric positive definite without requiring the LBB consistency condition. Convergence analysis shows that the method yields the approximate solutions with optimal accuracy in L ²(??) norm for u and in H(?div;??) norm for the flux???. Numerical experiments are given to verify the theoretical results.     

Convergence analysis of an approximation to miscible fluid flows in porous media by combining mixed finite element and finite volume methods

This article deals with development and analysis of a numerical method for a coupled system describing miscible displacement of one incompressible fluid by another through heterogeneous porous media. A mixed finite element (MFE) method is employed to discretize the Darcy flow equation combined with a conservative finite volume (FV) method on unstructured grids for the concentration equation. It is shown that the FV scheme satisfies a discrete maximum principle. We derive L^∞ and BV estimates under an appropriate CFL condition. Then we prove convergence of the approximate solutions to a weak solution of the coupled system. Numerical results are presented to see the performance of the method in two space dimensions. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2008     

The modified method of characteristics with mixed finite element domain decomposition procedures for the transient behavior of a semiconductor device

For the transient behavior of a semiconductor device, the modified method of characteristics with mixed finite element domain decomposition procedures applicable to parallel arithmetic is put forward. The electric potential equation is described by the mixed finite element method, and the electric, hole concentration and heat conduction equations are treated by the modified method of characteristics finite element domain decomposition methods. Some techniques, such as calculus of variations, domain decomposition, characteristic method, energy method, negative norm estimate and prior estimates and techniques are employed. Optimal order estimates in L² norm are derived for the error in the approximation solution. Thus the well‐known theoretical problem has been thoroughly and completely solved.© 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 28: 353–368 2012     

A splitting positive definite mixed element method for miscible displacement of compressible flow in porous media

A miscible displacement of one compressible fluid by another in a porous medium is governed by a nonlinear parabolic system. A new mixed finite element method, in which the mixed element system is symmetric positive definite and the flux equation is separated from pressure equation, is introduced to solve the pressure equation of parabolic type, and a standard Galerkin method is used to treat the convection‐diffusion equation of concentration of one of the fluids. The convergence of the approximate solution with an optimal accuracy in L²‐norm is proved. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 17: 229–249, 2001     

多孔介质驱动问题的混合元最小二乘特征有限元方法及其收敛分析

１．引言多孔介质二相驱动问题的数学模型是偶合的非线性偏微分方程组的初边值问题．该问题可转化为压力方程和浓度方程［１－４］．浓度方程一般是对流占优的对流扩散方程,它的对流速度依赖于比浓度方程的扩散系数大得多的Ｆａｒｃｙ速度．因此Ｄａｒｃｙ速度的求解精度直接影响着浓度的求解精度．为了提高速度的求解精度,７０年代Ｐ．Ａ．Ｒａｖｉａｔ和Ｊ．Ｍ．Ｔｈｏｍａｓ提出混合有限元方法［５］．Ｊ．ＤｏｕｇｌａｓＪｒ,Ｔ．Ｆ．Ｒｕｓｓｅｌｌ,Ｒ．Ｅ．Ｅｗｉｎｇ,Ｍ．Ｆ．Ｗｈｅｅｌｅｒ［１］－［４］,［９］,［１２］袁…     

Local and parallel finite element method for solving the biharmonic eigenvalue problem of plate vibration

In this paper, we establish a new local and parallel finite element discrete scheme based on the shifted‐inverse power method for solving the biharmonic eigenvalue problem of plate vibration. We prove the local error estimation of finite element solution for the biharmonic equation/eigenvalue problem and prove the error estimation of approximate solution obtained by the local and parallel scheme. When the diameters of three grids satisfy H⁴ = ?(w²) = ?(h), the approximate solutions obtained by our schemes can achieve the asymptotically optimal accuracy. The numerical experiments show that the computational schemes proposed in this paper are effective to solve the biharmonic eigenvalue problem of plate vibration.     

Analysis of a combined mixed finite element and discontinuous Galerkin method for incompressible two‐phase flow in porous media

We analyze a combined method consisting of the mixed finite element method for pressure equation and the discontinuous Galerkin method for saturation equation for the coupled system of incompressible two‐phase flow in porous media. The existence and uniqueness of numerical solutions are established under proper conditions by using a constructive approach. Optimal error estimates in L²(H¹) for saturation and in L ^∞ (H(div)) for velocity are derived. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

多孔介质可混溶流动问题的混合元与区域分裂特征差分格式

1 引 言 用区域分裂方法求微分方程的数值解,是近年来计算数学领域的—个新方法。这种方法通过分裂区域来减少所处理问题的规模,并实现并行计算,因此,特别适用于大范围的工程技术问题和数学物理问题。本文用这种方法处理平面可混溶不可压缩流动问题其中J=[0.T].u为Darcy速度,p为压力,c为浓度,k为渗透率,μ（c)为流体粘性,c为注入井给定浓度,q为外界源汇项,q~+=max{q,0}.φ为孔隙度。D为扩散矩阵,本文D与u无关。即仅考虑分子扩散,边条件可取为第一或第二类边条件。本文考虑第一类初边值问题     

Two temporal second-order <Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis><Superscript>1</Superscript>-Galerkin mixed finite element schemes for distributed-order fractional sub-diffusion equations

In this paper, a special point is found for the interpolation approximation of the distributed order fractional derivatives to achieve at least second-order accuracy. Then, two H¹-Galerkin mixed finite element schemes combined with the higher accurate interpolation approximation are introduced and analyzed to solve the distributed order fractional sub-diffusion equations. The stable results, which just depend on initial value and source item, are derived. Some a priori estimates with optimal order of convergence both for the unknown function and its flux are established rigorously. It is shown that the H¹-Galerkin mixed finite element approximations have the same rates of the convergence as in the classical mixed finite element method, but without LBB consistency condition and quasiuniformity requirement on the finite element mesh. Finally, some numerical experiments are presented to show the efficiency and accuracy of H¹-Galerkin mixed finite element schemes.     

A two-grid finite element method for the Allen-Cahn equation with the logarithmic potential

In this paper, we present a two-grid finite element method for the Allen-Cahn equation with the logarithmic potential. This method consists of two steps. In the first step, based on a fully implicit finite element method, the Allen-Cahn equation is solved on a coarse grid with mesh size H. In the second step, a linearized system whose nonlinear term is replaced by the value of the first step is solved on a fine grid with mesh size h. We give the energy stabilities of the traditional finite element method and the two-grid finite element method. The optimal convergence order of the two-grid finite element method in H¹ norm is achieved when the mesh sizes satisfy h = O(H²). Numerical examples are given to demonstrate the validity of the proposed scheme. The results show that the two-grid method can save the CPU time while keeping the same convergence rate.     

Superconvergence of H 1-Galerkin Mixed Finite Element Methods for Second-Order Elliptic Equations

We derive superconvergence result for H ¹-Galerkin mixed finite element method for second-order elliptic equations over rectangular partitions. Compared to standard mixed finite element procedure, the method is not subject to the Ladyzhenskaya–Bab?ska–Brezzi (LBB) condition and the approximating finite element spaces are allowed to be of different polynomial degrees. Superconvergence estimate of order 𝒪(h ^k+3), where k ≥ 1 is the order of the approximating polynomials employed in the Raviart–Thomas elements, is established for the flux via a postprocessing technique.     

A Priori Error Estimates for Finite Element Methods for H (2,1)-Elliptic Equations

The convergence of finite element methods for linear elliptic boundary value problems of second and forth order is well understood. In this article, we introduce finite element approximations of some linear semi-elliptic boundary value problem of mixed order on a two-dimensional rectangular domain Q. The equation is of second order in one direction and forth order in the other and appears in the optimal control of parabolic partial differential equations if one eliminates the control and the state (or the adjoint state) in the first order optimality conditions. We establish a regularity result and estimate for the finite element error of conforming approximations of this equation. The finite elements in use have a tensor product structure, in one dimension we use linear, quadratic or cubic Lagrange elements in the other dimension cubic Hermite elements. For these elements, we prove the error bound O(h ² + τ ^k ) in the energy norm and O((h ² + τ ^k )(h ² + τ)) in the L ²(Q)-norm.     

Numerical analysis of a mixed finite element method for a flow-transport problem

We consider a generic flow-transport system of partial differential equations, which has wide application in the waste disposal industry. The approximation of this system, using a finite element method for the brine, radionuclides, and heat combined with a mixed finite element method for the pressure and velocity, is analyzed. Optimal order error estimates in H¹ and L² are derived. The error analysis is given with no restriction on the diffusion tensor. That is, we have included the effects of molecular diffusion and dispersion. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Robust residual‐ and recovery‐based a posteriori error estimators for a multipoint flux mixed finite element discretization of interface problems

We consider a posteriori error estimation for a multipoint flux mixed finite element method for two‐dimensional elliptic interface problems. Within the class of modified quasi‐monotonically distributed coefficients, we derive a residual‐type a posteriori error estimator of the weighted sum of the scalar and flux errors which is robust with respect to the jumps of the coefficients. Moreover, we develop robust implicit and explicit recovery‐type estimators through gradient recovery in an H(curl)‐conforming finite element space. In particular, we apply a modified L² projection in the implicit recovery procedure so as to reduce the computational cost of the recovered gradient. Numerical experiments confirm the theoretical results.     

Quasi-least-squares finite element method for steady flow and heat transfer with system rotation

Two quasi-least-squares finite element schemes based on L ² inner product are proposed to solve a steady Navier–Stokes equations, coupled to the energy equation by the Boussinesq approximation and augmented by a Coriolis forcing term to account for system rotation. The resulting nonlinear systems are linearized around a characteristic state, resulting in linearized least-squares models that yield algebraic systems with symmetric positive definite coefficient matrices. Existence of solutions are investigated and a priori error estimates are obtained. The performance of the formulation is illustrated by using a direct iteration procedure to treat the nonlinearities and shown theoretical convergent rate for general initial guess.     

Superconvergence of fully discrete splitting positive definite mixed FEM for hyperbolic equations

In this article, we use a splitting positive definite mixed finite element procedure to solve the second‐order hyperbolic equation. We analyze the superconvergence property of the mixed element methods with discrete‐time approximation for the hyperbolic equation. Some numerical examples are presented to illustrate our theoretical results. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 30: 175–186, 2014