SPLITTING SCHEMES FOR A NAVIER-STOKES-CAHN-HILLIARD MODEL FOR TWO FLUIDS WITH DIFFERENT DENSITIES

In this work, we focus on designing efficient numerical schemes to approximate a ther- modynamically consistent Navier-Stokes/Cahn-Hilliard problem given in [3] modeling the mixture of two incompressible fluids with different densities. The model is based on a diffuse-interface phase-field approach that is able to describe topological transitions like droplet coalescense or droplet break-up in a natural way. We present a splitting scheme, decoupling computations of the Navier-Stokes part from the Cahn-Hilliard one, which is unconditionally energy-stable up to the choice of the potential approximation. Some nu- merical experiments are carried out to validate the correctness and the accuracy of the scheme, and to study the sensitivity of the scheme with respect to different physical pa- rameters.     

ADAPTIVE FINITE ELEMENT APPROXIMATION FOR A CLASS OF PARAMETER ESTIMATION PROBLEMS

In this paper, we study adaptive finite element discretisation schemes for a class of parameter estimation problem. We propose to efficient algorithms for the estimation problem use adaptive multi-meshes in developing We derive equivalent a posteriori error estimators for both the state and the control approximation, which particularly suit an adaptive multi-mesh finite element scheme. The error estimators are then implemented and tested with promising numerical results.     

A POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATES OF A NON-CONFORMING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR PROBLEMS WITH ARTIFICIAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

An a posteriori error estimator is obtained for a nonconforming finite element approximation of a linear elliptic problem, which is derived from a corresponding unbounded domain problem by applying a nonlocal approximate artificial boundary condition. Our method can be easily extended to obtain a class of a posteriori error estimators for various conforming and nonconforming finite element approximations of problems with different artificial boundary conditions. The reliability and efficiency of our a posteriori error estimator are rigorously proved and are verified by numerical examples.     

THE OPTIMAL CONVERGENCE ORDER OF THE DISCONTINUOUS FINITE ELEMENT METHODS FOR FIRST ORDER HYPERBOLIC SYSTEMS

In this paper, a discontinuous finite element method for the positive and symmetric, first-order hyperbolic systems （steady and nonsteady state） is constructed and analyzed by using linear triangle elements, and the O（h^2）-order optimal error estimates are derived under the assumption of strongly regular triangulation and the Ha-regularity for the exact solutions. The convergence analysis is based on some superclose estimates of the interpolation approximation. Finally, we discuss the Maxwell equations in a two-dimensional domain, and numerical experiments are given to validate the theoretical results.     

FINITE ELEMENT METHODS FOR THE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS BY H（div） ELEMENTS

We derived and analyzed a new numerical scheme for the Navier-Stokes equations by using H（div） conforming finite elements. A great deal of effort was given to an establishment of some Sobolev-type inequalities for piecewise smooth functions. In particular, the newly derived Sobolev inequalities were employed to provide a mathematical theory for the H（div） finite element scheme. For example, it was proved that the new finite element scheme has solutions which admit a certain boundedness in terms of the input data. A solution uniqueness was also possible when the input data satisfies a certain smallness condition. Optimal-order error estimates for the corresponding finite element solutions were established in various Sobolev norms. The finite element solutions from the new scheme feature a full satisfaction of the continuity equation which is highly demanded in scientific computing.     

A PRIORI ERROR ESTIMATES OF A FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED FLUX RECONSTRUCTION＊

This paper is concerned with a priori error estimates of a finite element method for numerical reconstruction of some unknown distributed flux in an inverse heat conduction problem. More precisely, some unknown distributed Neumann data are to be recovered on the interior inaccessible boundary using Dirichlet measurement data on the outer ac- cessible boundary. The main contribution in this work is to establish the some a priori error estimates in terms of the mesh size in the domain and on the accessible/inaccessible boundaries, respectively, for both the temperature u and the adjoint state p under the lowest regularity assumption. It is revealed that the lower bounds of the convergence rates depend on the geometry of the domain. These a priori error estimates are of immense interest by themselves and pave the way for proving the convergence analysis of adaptive techniques applied to a general classes of inverse heat conduction problems. Numerical experiments are presented to verify our theoretical prediction.     

FINITE ELEMENTS WITH LOCAL PROJECTION STABILIZATION FOR INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW PROBLEMS

In this paper we review recent developments in the analysis of finite element methods for incompressible flow problems with local projection stabilization （LPS）. These methods preserve the favourable stability and approximation properties of classical residual-based stabilization （RBS） techniques but avoid the strong coupling of velocity and pressure in the stabilization terms. LPS-methods belong to the class of symmetric stabilization techniques and may be characterized as variational multiscale methods. In this work we summarize the most important a priori estimates of this class of stabilization schemes developed in the past 6 years. We consider the Stokes equations, the Oseen linearization and the NavierStokes equations. Furthermore, we apply it to optimal control problems with linear（ized） flow problems, since the symmetry of the stabilization leads to the nice feature that the operations ＂discretize＂ and ＂optimize＂ commute.     

ERROR ESTIMATES FOR THE TIME DISCRETIZATION FOR NONLINEAR MAXWELL＇S EQUATIONS

This paper is devoted to the study of a nonlinear evolution eddy current model of the type δtB（H） ＋ △↓× （ △↓ × H） =0 subject to homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions H × v = 0 and a given initial datum. Here, the magnetic properties of a soft ferromagnet are linked by a nonlinear material law described by B（H）. We apply the backward Euler method for the time discretization and we derive the error estimates in suitable function spaces. The results depend on the nonlinearity of B（H）.     

MULTIGRID METHOD FOR FLUID DYNAMIC PROBLEMS

This paper covers the dynamics problems. The review and some aspects of main development stages of using Multigrid method for fluid multigrid technics are presented. Some approaches for solving Navier-Stokes equations and convection- diffusion problems are considered.     

FINITE ELEMENT APPROXIMATIONS FOR SCHROEDINGER EQUATIONS WITH APPLICATIONS TO ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE COMPUTATIONS

In this paper, both the standard finite element discretization and a two-scale finite element discretization for SchrSdinger equations are studied. The numerical analysis is based on the regularity that is also obtained in this paper for the Schroedinger equations. Very satisfying applications to electronic structure computations are provided, too.     

SUPER-GEOMETRIC CONVERGENCE OF A SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHOD FOR EIGENVALUE PROBLEMS WITH JUMP COEFFICIENTS

We propose and analyze a C^0 spectral element method for a model eigenvalue problem with discontinuous coefficients in the one dimensional setting. A super-geometric rate of convergence is proved for the piecewise constant coefficients case and verified by numerical tests. Furthermore, the asymptotical equivalence between a Gauss-Lobatto collocation method and a spectral Galerkin method is established for a simplified model.     

A COARSENING ALGORITHM ON ADAPTIVE GRIDS BY NEWEST VERTEX BISECTION AND ITS APPLICATIONS

In this paper, an efficient and easy-to-implement coarsening algorithm is proposed for adaptive grids obtained using the newest vertex bisection method in two dimemsions. The new coarsening algorithm does not require storing the binary refinement tree explicitly. Instead, the structure is implicitly contained in a special ordering of triangular elements. Numerical experiments demonstrate that the proposed coarsening algorithm is efficient when applied for multilevel preconditioners and mesh adaptivity for time-dependent problems.     

A POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATES FOR FINITE ELEMENT APPROXIMATIONS OF THE CAHN-HILLIARD EQUATION AND THE HELE-SHAW FLOW

This paper develops a posteriori error estimates of residual type for conforming and mixed finite element approximations of the fourth order Cahn-Hilliard equation ut ＋ △（ε△Au-ε^-1f（u）） = 0. It is shown that the a posteriori error bounds depends on ε^-1 only in some low polynomial order, instead of exponential order. Using these a posteriori error estimates, we construct at2 adaptive algorithm for computing the solution of the Cahn- Hilliard equation and its sharp interface limit, the Hele-Shaw flow. Numerical experiments are presented to show the robustness and effectiveness of the new error estimators and the proposed adaptive algorithm.     

A Nine-modes Truncation of the Plane Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations

In this paper a nine-modes truncation of Navier-Stokes equations for a two-dimensional incompressible fluid on a torus is obtained. The stationary solutions, the existence of attractor and the global stability of the equations are firmly proved. What is more, that the force f acts on the mode ks and k7 respectively produces two systems, which lead to a much richer and varied phenomenon. Numerical simulation is given at last, which shows a stochastic behavior approached through an involved sequence of bifurcations.     

A SPECTRAL METHOD FOR PANTOGRAPH-TYPE DELAY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND ITS CONVERGENCE ANALYSIS

We propose a novel numerical approach for delay differential equations with vanishing proportional delays based on spectral methods. A Legendre-collocation method is employed to obtain highly accurate numerical approximations to the exact solution. It is proved theoretically and demonstrated numerically that the proposed method converges exponentially provided that the data in the are smooth. given pantograph delay differential equation     

AN ANISOTROPIC NONCONFORMING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR APPROXIMATING A CLASS OF NONLINEAR SOBOLEV EQUATIONS

An anisotropic nonconforming finite element method is presented for a class of nonlinear Sobolev equations. The optimal error estimates and supercloseness are obtained for both semi-discrete and fully-discrete approximate schemes, which are the same as the traditional finite element methods. In addition, the global superconvergence is derived through the postprocessing technique. Numerical experiments are included to illustrate the feasibility of the proposed method.     

ON THE ERROR ESTIMATES OF A NEW OPERATE SPLITTING METHOD FOR THE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS

In this paper, a new operator splitting scheme is introduced for the numerical solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. Under some mild regularity assumptions on the PDE solution, the stability of the scheme is presented, and error estimates for the velocity and the pressure of the proposed operator splitting scheme are given.     

A PRIORI ERROR ESTIMATE AND SUPERCONVERGENCE ANALYSIS FOR AN OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM OF BILINEAR TYPE

In this paper, we investigate a priori error estimates and superconvergence properties for a model optimal control problem of bilinear type, which includes some parameter estimation application. The state and co-state are discretized by piecewise linear functions and control is approximated by piecewise constant functions. We derive a priori error estimates and superconvergence analysis for both the control and the state approximations. We also give the optimal L^2-norm error estimates and the almost optimal L^∞-norm estimates about the state and co-state. The results can be readily used for constructing a posteriori error estimators in adaptive finite element approximation of such optimal control problems.     

A NOTE ON PRESSURE APPROXIMATION OF FIRST AND HIGHER ORDER PROJECTION SCHEMES FOR THE NONSTATIONARY INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS

Projection methods are efficient operator-splitting schemes to approximate solutions of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. As a major drawback, they introduce spurious layers, both in space and time. In this work, we survey convergence results for higher order projection methods, in the presence of only strong solutions of the limiting problem; in particular, we highlight concomitant difficulties in the construction process of accurate higher order schemes, such as limited regularities of the limiting solution, and a lack of accurate initial data for the pressure. Computational experiments are included to compare the presented schemes, and illustrate the difficulties mentioned.