Grid Approximation of a Singularly Perturbed Parabolic Equation with Degenerating Convective Term and Discontinuous Right-Hand Side

Grid Approximation of a Singularly Perturbed Parabolic Equation with Degenerating Convective Term and Discontinuous Right-Hand Side

Year:    2013

Author:    C. Clavero, J. L. Gracia, G. I. Shishkin, L. P. Shishkina

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 10 (2013), Iss. 4 : pp. 795–814

Abstract

The grid approximation of an initial-boundary value problem is considered for a singularly perturbed parabolic convection-diffusion equation with a convective flux directed from the lateral boundary inside the domain in the case when the convective flux degenerates inside the domain and the right-hand side has the first kind discontinuity on the degeneration line. The high-order derivative in the equation is multiplied by $\varepsilon^2$, where $\varepsilon$ is the perturbation parameter, $\varepsilon\in (0,1]$. For small values of $\varepsilon$, an interior layer appears in a neighbourhood of the set where the right-hand side has the discontinuity. A finite difference scheme based on the standard monotone approximation of the differential equation in the case of uniform grids converges only under the condition $N^{-1} = o(\varepsilon)$, $N^{-1}_0 = o(1)$, where $N +1$ and $N_0+1$ are the numbers of nodes in the space and time meshes, respectively. A finite difference scheme is constructed on a piecewise-uniform grid condensing in a neighbourhood of the interior layer. The solution of this scheme converges $\varepsilon$-uniformly at the rate $\mathcal{O}(N^{-1}lnN+N^{-1}_0)$. Numerical experiments confirm the theoretical results.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/2013-IJNAM-596

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 10 (2013), Iss. 4 : pp. 795–814

Published online:    2013-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    20

Keywords:    parabolic convection-diffusion equation perturbation parameter degenerating convective term discontinuous right-hand side interior layer technique of derivation to a priori estimates piecewise-uniform grids

Author Details

C. Clavero

J. L. Gracia

G. I. Shishkin

L. P. Shishkina