An Efficient Numerical Solution Method for Elliptic Problems in Divergence Form

An Efficient Numerical Solution Method for Elliptic Problems in Divergence Form

Year:    2014

Author:    Ali Abbas

Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 6 (2014), Iss. 3 : pp. 327–344

Abstract

In this paper the problem $-{\rm div}(a(x,y)\nabla u)=f$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions on a square is solved iteratively with high accuracy for $u$ and $\nabla u$ using a new scheme called "hermitian box-scheme". The design of the scheme is based on a "hermitian box", combining the approximation of the gradient by the fourth order hermitian derivative, with a conservative discrete formulation on boxes of length 2$h$. The iterative technique is based on the repeated solution by a fast direct method of a discrete Poisson equation on a uniform rectangular mesh. The problem is suitably scaled before iteration. The numerical results obtained show the efficiency of the numerical scheme. This work is the extension to strongly elliptic problems of the hermitian box-scheme presented by Abbas and Croisille (J. Sci. Comput., 49 (2011), pp. 239--267).

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/aamm.2012.m69

Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 6 (2014), Iss. 3 : pp. 327–344

Published online:    2014-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    18

Keywords:    Hermitian scheme box-scheme Kronecker product fast solver iterative method Poisson problem.

Author Details

Ali Abbas