A Nonlinear Finite Volume Scheme Preserving Maximum Principle for Diffusion Equations

A Nonlinear Finite Volume Scheme Preserving Maximum Principle for Diffusion Equations

Year:    2021

Author:    Jinjing Xu, Fei Zhao, Zhiqiang Sheng, Guangwei Yuan

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 29 (2021), Iss. 3 : pp. 747–766

Abstract

In this paper we propose a new nonlinear cell-centered finite volume scheme on general polygonal meshes for two dimensional anisotropic diffusion problems, which preserves discrete maximum principle (DMP). The scheme is based on the so-called diamond scheme with a nonlinear treatment on its tangential flux to obtain a local maximum principle (LMP) structure. It is well-known that existing DMP preserving diffusion schemes suffer from the fact that auxiliary unknowns should be presented as a convex combination of primary unknowns. In this paper, to get rid of this constraint a nonlinearization strategy is introduced and it requires only a second-order accurate approximation for auxiliary unknowns. Numerical results show that this scheme has second-order accuracy, preserves maximum and minimum for solutions and is conservative.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.OA-2020-0047

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 29 (2021), Iss. 3 : pp. 747–766

Published online:    2021-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    20

Keywords:    Maximum principle finite volume scheme diffusion equation.

Author Details

Jinjing Xu

Fei Zhao

Zhiqiang Sheng

Guangwei Yuan