Construction of Boundary Layer Elements for Singularly Perturbed Convection-Diffusion Equations and $L^2$-Stability Analysis

Construction of Boundary Layer Elements for Singularly Perturbed Convection-Diffusion Equations and $L^2$-Stability Analysis

Year:    2008

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 5 (2008), Iss. 4 : pp. 729–748

Abstract

It has been demonstrated that the ordinary boundary layer elements play an essential role in the finite element approximations for singularly perturbed problems producing ordinary boundary layers. Here we revise the element so that it has a small compact support and hence the resulting linear system becomes sparse, more precisely, block tridiagonal. We prove the validity of the revised element for some singularly perturbed convection-diffusion equations via numerical simulations and via the $H^1$-approximation error analysis. Furthermore due to the compact structure of the boundary layer we are able to prove the $L^2$-stability analysis of the scheme and derive the $L^2$-error approximations.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/2008-IJNAM-835

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 5 (2008), Iss. 4 : pp. 729–748

Published online:    2008-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    20

Keywords:    boundary layer boundary layer element finite elements singularly perturbed problem convection-diffusion stability enriched subspaces exponentially fitted splines.