Extrapolation cascadic multigrid method on piecewise uniform grid

The triangular linear fnite elements on piecewise uniform grid for an elliptic problem in convex polygonal domain are discussed.Global superconvergence in discrete H1-norm and global extrapolation in discrete L2-norm are proved.Based on these global estimates the conjugate gradient method(CG)is efective,which is applied to extrapolation cascadic multigrid method(EXCMG).The numerical experiments show that EXCMG is of the global higher accuracy for both function and gradient.     

Analysis of extrapolation cascadic multigrid method(EXCMG)

Based on an asymptotic expansion of finite element,a new extrapolation formula and extrapolation cascadic multigrid method(EXCMG)are proposed,in which the new extrapolation and quadratic interpolation are used to provide a better initial value on refined grid.In the case of triple grids,the error of the new initial value is analyzed in detail.A larger scale computation is completed in PC.     

RICHARDSON EXTRAPOLATION AND DEFECT CORRECTION OF FINITE ELEMENT METHODS FOR OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEMS

Asymptotic error expansions in H^1-norm for the bilinear finite element approximation to a class of optimal control problems are derived for rectangular meshes. With the rectan- gular meshes, the Richardson extrapolation of two different schemes and an interpolation defect correction can be applied. The higher order numerical approximations are used to generate a posteriori error estimators for the finite element approximation.     

EQ 1 rot nonconforming finite element method for nonlinear dual phase lagging heat conduction equations

EQ rot 1 nonconforming finite element approximation to a class of nonlinear dual phase lagging heat conduction equations is discussed for semi-discrete and fully-discrete schemes. By use of a special property, that is, the consistency error of this element is of order O(h2 ) one order higher than its interpolation error O(h), the superclose results of order O(h2 ) in broken H1 -norm are obtained. At the same time, the global superconvergence in broken H1 -norm is deduced by interpolation postprocessing technique. Moreover, the extrapolation result with order O(h4 ) is derived by constructing a new interpolation postprocessing operator and extrapolation scheme based on the known asymptotic expansion formulas of EQ rot 1 element. Finally, optimal error estimate is gained for a proposed fully-discrete scheme by different approaches from the previous literature.     

A class of nonconforming quadrilateral finite elements for incompressible flow

This paper focuses on the low-order nonconforming rectangular and quadrilateral finite elements approximation of incompressible flow.Beyond the previous research works,we propose a general strategy to construct the basis functions.Under several specific constraints,the optimal error estimates are obtained,i.e.,the first order accuracy of the velocities in H1-norm and the pressure in L2-norm,as well as the second order accuracy of the velocities in L2-norm.Besides,we clarify the differences between rectangular and quadrilateral finite element approximation.In addition,we give several examples to verify the validity of our error estimates.     

Asymptotic expansions of finite element solutions to Robin problems in H 3 and their application in extrapolation cascadic multigrid method

For the Poisson equation with Robin boundary conditions,by using a few techniques such as orthogonal expansion(M-type),separation of the main part and the finite element projection,we prove for the first time that the asymptotic error expansions of bilinear finite element have the accuracy of O(h3)for u∈H3.Based on the obtained asymptotic error expansions for linear finite elements,extrapolation cascadic multigrid method(EXCMG)can be used to solve Robin problems effectively.Furthermore,by virtue of Richardson not only the accuracy of the approximation is improved,but also a posteriori error estimation is obtained.Finally,some numerical experiments that confirm the theoretical analysis are presented.     

Superconvergence and recovery type a posteriori error estimation for hybrid stress finite element method

Superconvergence and recovery type a posteriori error estimators are analyzed for Pian and Sumihara's 4-node hybrid stress quadrilateral finite element method for linear elasticity problems. Superconvergence of order O(h~(1+min){α,1}) is established for both the displacement approximation in H~1-norm and the stress approximation in L~2-norm under a mesh assumption, where α 0 is a parameter characterizing the distortion of meshes from parallelograms to quadrilaterals. Recovery type approximations for the displacement gradients and the stress tensor are constructed, and a posteriori error estimators based on the recovered quantities are shown to be asymptotically exact. Numerical experiments confirm the theoretical results.     

ON RESIDUAL-BASED A POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATORS FOR LOWEST-ORDER RAVIART-THOMAS ELEMENT APPROXIMATION TO CONVECTION-DIFFUSION-REACTION EQUATIONS

A new technique of residual-type a posteriori error analysis is developed for the lowest- order Raviart-Thomas mixed finite element discretizations of convection-diffusion-reaction equations in two- or three-dimension. Both centered mixed scheme and upwind-weighted mixed scheme are considered. The a posteriori error estimators, derived for the stress variable error plus scalar displacement error in L_2-norm, can be directly computed with the solutions of the mixed schemes without any additional cost, and are proven to be reliable. Local efficiency dependent on local variations in coefficients is obtained without any saturation assumption, and holds from the cases where convection or reaction is not present to convection- or reaction-dominated problems. The main tools of the analysis are the postprocessed approximation of scalar displacement, abstract error estimates, and the property of modified Oswald interpolation. Numerical experiments are carried out to support our theoretical results and to show the competitive behavior of the proposed posteriori error estimates.     

OPTIMAL ERROR ESTIMATES FOR NEDELEC EDGE ELEMENTS FOR TIME-HARMONIC MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS

In this paper, we obtain optimal error estimates in both L^2-norm and H（curl）-norm for the Nedelec edge finite element approximation of the time-harmonic Maxwell＇s equations on a general Lipschitz domain discretized on quasi-uniform meshes. One key to our proof is to transform the L^2 error estimates into the L^2 estimate of a discrete divergence-free function which belongs to the edge finite element spaces, and then use the approximation of the discrete divergence-free function by the continuous divergence-free function and a duality argument for the continuous divergence-free function. For Nedelec＇s second type elements, we present an optimal convergence estimate which improves the best results available in the literature.     

TIME-EXTRAPOLATION ALGORITHM （TEA） FOR LINEAR PARABOLIC PROBLEMS

The fast solutions of Crank-Nicolson scheme on quasi-uniform mesh for parabolic prob- lems are discussed. First, to decrease regularity requirements of solutions, some new error estimates are proved. Second, we analyze the two characteristics of parabolic discrete scheme, and find that the efficiency of Multigrid Method （MG） is greatly reduced. Nu- merical experiments compare the efficiency of Direct Conjugate Gradient Method （DCG） and Extrapolation Cascadic Multigrid Method （EXCMG）. Last, we propose a Time- Extrapolation Algorithm （TEA）, which takes a linear combination of previous several level solutions as good initial values to accelerate the rate of convergence. Some typical extrapolation formulas are compared numerically. And we find that under certain accuracy requirement, the CG iteration count for the 3-order and 7-level extrapolation formula is about 1/3 of that of DCG＇s. Since the TEA algorithm is independent of the space dimension, it is still valid for quasi-uniform meshes. As only the finest grid is needed, the proposed method is regarded very effective for nonlinear parabolic problems.     

外推瀑布多网格法(EXCMG)——-大规模求解椭圆问题的新算法

基于有限元的渐近展开式,导出了新的外推公式,它们更精确地逼近密网上的有限元解(而不是微分方程的解).提出了新的外推瀑布型多网格法(EXCMG),采用新外推公式及其二次插值提供密网上的好初值.数值实验表明,新方法有很高的精度和效率.最后在PC机上求解了大规模二维椭圆问题.     

Sobolev型方程各向异性网格下Wilson元的高精度分析

1引言 Sobolev方程在流体穿过裂缝岩石的渗透理论,土壤中湿气的转移问题,不同介质的热传导问题等许多物理问题中都有广泛的应用,因此已有许多文献研究此方程[2,6,8,9,11]但这些研究都是基于对剖分的正则性条件或拟一致假设[7],即满足hk/pK≤C或h/h≤C,vK∈Th,其中hk,PK分别是一般单元K的最大直径和最大内切圆直径,h=maxhk,h=minhk,C是一个与h无关的正常数.     

Extrapolation of the Nédélec element for the Maxwell equations by the mixed finite element method

In this paper, we use the integral-identity argument to obtain asymptotic error expansions for the mixed finite element approximation of the Maxwell equations on a rectangular mesh. The extrapolation method is applied to improve the accuracy of the approximation via an interpolation postprocessing technique. With the extrapolation, the approximation accuracy can be improved from O(h) to O(h ⁴) in the L ²-norm. Illustrative numerical results are given to demonstrate the higher order accuracy of the extrapolation method. This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.10471103), Social Science Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (06JA630047), Tianjin Natural Science Foundation (07JCYBJC14300).     

Parallel Galerkin domain decomposition procedures for wave equation

Parallel Galerkin domain decomposition procedures for wave equation are given. These procedures use implicit method in the sub-domains and simple explicit flux calculation on the inter-boundaries of sub-domains by integral mean method or extrapolation method. Thus, the parallelism can be achieved by these procedures. The explicit nature of the flux prediction induces a time step constraint that is necessary to preserve the stability. L²-norm error estimates are derived for these procedures. Experimental results are presented to confirm the theoretical results.     

Parallel Galerkin domain decomposition procedures based on the streamline diffusion method for convection-diffusion problems

Based upon the streamline diffusion method, parallel Galerkin domain decomposition procedures for convection-diffusion problems are given. These procedures use implicit method in the sub-domains and simple explicit flux calculations on the inter-boundaries of sub-domains by integral mean method or extrapolation method to predict the inner-boundary conditions. Thus, the parallelism can be achieved by these procedures. The explicit nature of the flux calculations induces a time step limitation that is necessary to preserve stability. Artificial diffusion parameters δ are given. By analysis, optimal order error estimate is derived in a norm which is stronger than L²-norm for these procedures. This error estimate not only includes the optimal H¹-norm error estimate, but also includes the error estimate along the streamline direction ‖β⋅∇(u−U)‖, which cannot be achieved by standard finite element method. Experimental results are presented to confirm theoretical results.     

粘弹性方程类Wilson元的整体超收敛和外推

本文借助双线性元积分恒等式技巧,对粘弹性方程的类Wilson元解进行了高精度分析.通过证明类 Wilson元的非协调误差在矩形网格下可以达到O(h3)这一独特性质及利用插值后处理技术给出了H1模意义下O(h2)阶的超逼近和整体超收敛结果.进而通过构造合适的外推格式,得到具有更高阶O(h3)精度的数值逼近解.