Spectral approximation for drainage of an Elastico‐viscous liquid and error analysis

A Fourier‐Galerkin spectral method is proposed and used to analyze a system of quasilinear partial differential equations governing the drainage of liquids of the Oldroyd four‐constant type. It is shown that, Fourier‐Galerkin approximations are convergent with spectral accuracy. An efficient and accurate algorithm based on the Fourier‐Galerkin approximations to the system of quasilinear partial differential equations are developed and implemented. Numerical results indicating the high accuracy and effectiveness of this algorithm are presented. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 28: 492–505, 2012