Analysis of multiscale finite element method for the stationary Navier-Stokes equations

In this work, a multiscale finite element method is proposed for the stationary incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. And the inf-sup stability of the method for the P₁/P₁ triangular element is established. The optimal error estimates are obtained.     

A locally conservative LDG method for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations

In this paper a new local discontinuous Galerkin method for the incompressible stationary Navier-Stokes equations is proposed and analyzed. Four important features render this method unique: its stability, its local conservativity, its high-order accuracy, and the exact satisfaction of the incompressibility constraint. Although the method uses completely discontinuous approximations, a globally divergence-free approximate velocity in is obtained by simple, element-by-element post-processing. Optimal error estimates are proven and an iterative procedure used to compute the approximate solution is shown to converge. This procedure is nothing but a discrete version of the classical fixed point iteration used to obtain existence and uniqueness of solutions to the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations by solving a sequence of Oseen problems. Numerical results are shown which verify the theoretical rates of convergence. They also confirm the independence of the number of fixed point iterations with respect to the discretization parameters. Finally, they show that the method works well for a wide range of Reynolds numbers.

     

Refined a priori estimates for the axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equations

In this paper, we consider the axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equations, and provide a refined a priori estimate for the swirl component of the vorticity. This extends Theorem 2 of [D. Chae, J. Lee, On the regularity of the axisymmetric solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations, Math. Z., 239 (2002), 645--671].     

Error estimates for semi-discrete gauge methods for the Navier-Stokes equations

The gauge formulation of the Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible fluids is a new projection method. It splits the velocity in terms of auxiliary (nonphysical) variables and and replaces the momentum equation by a heat-like equation for and the incompressibility constraint by a diffusion equation for . This paper studies two time-discrete algorithms based on this splitting and the backward Euler method for with explicit boundary conditions and shows their stability and rates of convergence for both velocity and pressure. The analyses are variational and hinge on realistic regularity requirements on the exact solution and data. Both Neumann and Dirichlet boundary conditions are, in principle, admissible for but a compatibility restriction for the latter is uncovered which limits its applicability.

     

A fully discrete stabilized finite element method for the time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations

In this article, we consider a fully discrete stabilized finite element method based on two local Gauss integrations for the two-dimensional time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations. It focuses on the lowest equal-order velocity-pressure pairs. Unlike the other stabilized method, the present approach does not require specification of a stabilization parameter or calculation of higher-order derivatives, and always leads to a symmetric linear system. The Euler semi-implicit scheme is used for the time discretization. It is shown that the proposed fully discrete stabilized finite element method results in the optimal order bounds for the velocity and pressure.     

On Error Estimates of the Projection Methods for the Navier-Stokes Equations: Second-order Schemes

We present in this paper a rigorous error analysis of several projection schemes for the approximation of the unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The error analysis is accomplished by interpreting the respective projection schemes as second-order time discretizations of a perturbed system which approximates the Navier-Stokes equations. Numerical results in agreement with the error analysis are also presented.

     

A new defect correction method for the Navier-Stokes equations at high Reynolds numbers

In this paper, a new defect correction method for the Navier-Stokes equations is presented. With solving an artificial viscosity stabilized nonlinear problem in the defect step, and correcting the residual by linearized equations in the correction step for a few steps, this combination is particularly efficient for the Navier-Stokes equations at high Reynolds numbers. In both the defect and correction steps, we use the Oseen iterative scheme to solve the discrete nonlinear equations. Furthermore, the stability and convergence of this new method are deduced, which are better than that of the classical ones. Finally, some numerical experiments are performed to verify the theoretical predictions and show the efficiency of the new combination.     

Assessment of subgrid-scale models for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations

In this paper, we assess two kinds of subgrid finite element methods for the two-dimensional (2D) incompressible Naver-Stokes equations (NSEs). These methods introduce subgrid-scale (SGS) eddy viscosity terms which do not act on the large flow structures. The eddy viscous terms consist of the fluid flow fluctuation strain rate stress tensors. The fluctuation tensor can be calculated by a elliptic projection or a simple L² projection (projective filter) in finite element spaces. The finite element pair P₂/P₁ is adopted to numerically implement analysis and computation. We give a complete error analysis based on the assumptions of some regularity conditions. On the part of numerical tests, the numerical computations for the stationary flows show that the numerical results agree with some benchmark solutions and theoretical analysis very well. Furthermore, the given SGS models are applied to the non-stationary fluid flows.     

Lattice-Boltzmann type relaxation systems and high order relaxation schemes for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations

A relaxation system based on a Lattice-Boltzmann type discrete velocity model is considered in the low Mach number limit. A third order relaxation scheme is developed working uniformly for all ranges of the mean free path and Mach number. In the incompressible Navier-Stokes limit the scheme reduces to an explicit high order finite difference scheme for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations based on nonoscillatory upwind discretization. Numerical results and comparisons with other approaches are presented for several test cases in one and two space dimensions.

     

热方程的一些端点估计及其在Navier-Stokes方程中的应用——献给陆善镇教授75华诞

本文首先讨论热方程初值问题的解在Hardy、BMO（bounded mean oscillation）和Besov型空间中的估计.然后本文结合Coifmann-Lions-Meyer-Semmes在Hardy空间中的补偿紧性结果,给出Navier-Stokes方程整体弱解的二阶导数的一些端点估计.     

Error estimates for schemes of the projection-difference method for abstract quasilinear hyperbolic equations

We study the convergence of the three-layer scheme of the projection-difference method for abstract quasilinear hyperbolic equations in Hilbert space. We establish asymptotic energy error estimates for an arbitrary choice of finite-dimensional subspaces in which the approximation problems are solved.     

Unstructured-grid finite-volume discretization of the Navier-Stokes equations based on high-resolution difference schemes

An unstructured-grid discretization of the Navier-Stokes equations based on the finite volume method and high-resolution difference schemes in time and space is described as applied to fluid dynamics problems in two and three dimensions. The control volume is defined as the cell-vertex median dual control volume. The fluxes through the faces of internal and boundary control volumes are written identically, which simplifies their software implementation. The gradient and the pseudo-Laplacian are calculated at the midpoint of a control volume face by using relations adapted to the computations on a strongly stretched grid in the boundary layer.     

Low Mach number limit for the non-isentropic Navier-Stokes equations

We study the low Mach number limit of the local in time solutions to the compressible Navier-Stokes equations with zero heat conductivity coefficient as the Mach number tends to zero. A uniform existence result for the one-dimensional initial-boundary value problem is proved provided that the initial data are “well-prepared” in the sense that the temporal derivatives up to order two are bounded initially.     

Error estimates using the cell discretization method for second-order hyperbolic equations

The cell discretization algorithm provides approximate solutions to second-order hyperbolic equations with coefficients independent of time. We obtain error estimates that show general convergence for homogeneous problems using semi-discrete approximations. A polynomial implementation of the algorithm is described that is a nonconforming extension of the finite element method that can also produce the continuous approximations of an h–p finite element method. Numerical tests are made that confirm the theoretical estimates. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 13: 531–548, 1997     

Fourier spectral projection method and nonlinear convergence analysis for Navier-Stokes equations

In this paper, we investigate the convergence rate of the Fourier spectral projection methods for the periodic problem of n-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations. Based on some alternative formulations of the Navier-Stokes equations and the related projection methods, the error estimates are carried out by a global nonlinear error analysis. It simplifies the analysis, relaxes the restriction on the time step size, weakens the regularity requirements on the genuine solution, and leads to some improved convergence results. A new correction technique is proposed for improving the accuracy of the numerical pressure.     

Error estimates for discontinuous Galerkin method for nonlinear parabolic equations

We consider the nonlinear parabolic partial differential equations. We construct a discontinuous Galerkin approximation using a penalty term and obtain an optimal L^∞(L²) error estimate.     

Weak-strong uniqueness for the generalized Navier-Stokes equations

We give a weak-strong uniqueness result for the weak solutions of the generalized Navier-Stokes equations in Besov space.     

TWO-LEVEL METHOD FOR UNSTEADY NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS IN STREAM FUNCTION FORM

Two-level finite element approximation to stream function form of unsteady Navier-Stokes equations is studied. This algorithm involves solving one nonlinear system on a coarse grid and one linear problem on a fine grid. Moreover,the scaling between these two grid sizes is super-linear. Approximation,stability and convergence aspects of a fully discrete scheme are analyzed. At last a numrical example is given whose results show that the algorithm proposed in this paper is effcient.     

The initial boundary value problem for Navier-Stokes equations

By making full use of the estimates of solutions to nonstationary Stokes equations and the method discussing global stability, we establish the global existence theorem of strong solutions for Navier-Stokes equatios in arbitrary three dimensional domain with uniformlyC ³ boundary, under the assumption that |a| _L ²(Θ) + |f| _L ¹(0,∞;L ²(Θ)) or |∇a| _L ²(Θ) + |f| _L ²(0,∞;L ²(Θ)) small or viscosityv large. Herea is a given initial velocity andf is the external force. This improves on the previous results. Moreover, the solvability of the case with nonhomogeneous boundary conditions is also discussed. This work is supported by foundation of Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica