200 research outputs found
Superconvergent interpolatory HDG methods for reaction diffusion equations I: An HDG method
In our earlier work [8], we approximated solutions of a general class of
scalar parabolic semilinear PDEs by an interpolatory hybridizable discontinuous
Galerkin (Interpolatory HDG) method. This method reduces the computational cost
compared to standard HDG since the HDG matrices are assembled once before the
time integration. Interpolatory HDG also achieves optimal convergence rates;
however, we did not observe superconvergence after an element-by-element
postprocessing. In this work, we revisit the Interpolatory HDG method for
reaction diffusion problems, and use the postprocessed approximate solution to
evaluate the nonlinear term. We prove this simple change restores the
superconvergence and keeps the computational advantages of the Interpolatory
HDG method. We present numerical results to illustrate the convergence theory
and the performance of the method
Analysis of a finite volume element method for the Stokes problem
In this paper we propose a stabilized conforming finite volume element method for the Stokes equations. On stating the convergence of the method, optimal a priori error estimates in different norms are obtained by establishing the adequate connection between the finite volume and stabilized finite element formulations. A superconvergence result is also derived by using a postprocessing projection method. In particular, the stabilization of the continuous lowest equal order pair finite volume element discretization is achieved by enriching the velocity space with local functions that do not necessarily vanish on the element boundaries. Finally, some numerical experiments that confirm the predicted behavior of the method are provide
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