Space-Time Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Maxwell's Equations

Space-Time Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Maxwell's Equations

Year:    2013

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 14 (2013), Iss. 4 : pp. 916–939

Abstract

A fully discrete discontinuous Galerkin method is introduced for solving time-dependent Maxwell's equations. Distinguished from the Runge-Kutta discontinuous Galerkin method (RKDG) and the finite element time domain method (FETD), in our scheme, discontinuous Galerkin methods are used to discretize not only the spatial domain but also the temporal domain. The proposed numerical scheme is proved to be unconditionally stable, and a convergent rate $\mathcal{O}((∆t)^{r+1}+h^{k+1/2})$ is established under the $L^2$ -norm when polynomials of degree at most $r$ and $k$ are used for temporal and spatial approximation, respectively. Numerical results in both 2-D and 3-D are provided to validate the theoretical prediction. An ultra-convergence of order $(∆t)^{2r+1}$ in time step is observed numerically for the numerical fluxes w.r.t. temporal variable at the grid points.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.230412.271212a

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 14 (2013), Iss. 4 : pp. 916–939

Published online:    2013-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    24

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