Finite volume schemes on triangles coupled with multiresolution analysis

A multiresolution procedure is used to reduce the costs of flux evaluations in a finite volume scheme. A two-dimensional hyperbolic conservation law is solved on the finest grid among a hierarchy of nested grids. The mean values of the solution on triangles of a given grid are estimated from the coarser level using an original reconstruction algorithm. The size of the differences between the mean values and their reconstruction is a local regularity criterium and dictates the choice of the flux computation method. Numerical experiments with computing time comparisons are presented.