TWO-GRID METHOD FOR CHARACTERISTICS FINITE-ELEMENT SOLUTION OF 2D NONLINEAR CONVECTION-DOMINATED DIFFUSION PROBLEM

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2005-11-21
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Fortwo-dimensionnonlinearconvectiondiffusionequation,atwo-gridmethodofcharacteristicsfinite-elementsolutionwasconstructed.Inthismethodthenonlineariterationsisonlytoexecuteonthecoarsegridandthefine-gridsolutioncanbeobtainedinasinglelinearstep.Forthenonlinearconvection-dominateddiffusionequation,thismethodcannotonlystabilizethenumericaloscillationbutalsoacceleratetheconvergenceandimprovethecomputationalefficiency.Theerroranalysisdemonstratesifthemeshsizesbetweencoarse-gridandfine-gridsatisfythecertainrelationship,thetwo-gridsolutionandthecharacteristicsfinite-elementsolutionhavethesameorderofaccuracy.Thenumericalexampleconfirmsthatthetwo-gridmethodismoreefficientthanthatofcharacteristicsfinite-elementmethod.