ANALYSIS OF THE SPACE SEMI-DISCRETIZED SUPG METHOD FOR TRANSIENT CONVECTION–DIFFUSION EQUATIONS

Erik Burman, Giles K. Smith

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences · 2011 · 22 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

We consider space semi-discretization of the transient convection–diffusion equation using a Streamline Upwind Petrov–Galerkin (SUPG) finite element method. We show stability and convergence both for the standard SUPG formulation with elementwise evaluated Laplacian and for a weakly consistent formulation where the elementwise Laplacian is replaced by a discrete, reconstructed, Laplacian. Some numerical examples are presented to illustrate the theory.

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