Two-grid hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for quasilinear PDEs

In this thesis we study so-called two-grid hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for the numerical solution of quasilinear partial differential equations. The two-grid method is constructed by first solving the nonlinear system of equations stemming from the discontinuous Galerkin...

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Main Author: Congreve, Scott
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Language:English
Published: 2014
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description In this thesis we study so-called two-grid hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for the numerical solution of quasilinear partial differential equations. The two-grid method is constructed by first solving the nonlinear system of equations stemming from the discontinuous Galerkin finite element method on a coarse mesh partition; then, this coarse solution is used to linearise the underlying problem so that only a linear system is solved on a finer mesh. Solving the complex nonlinear problem on a coarse enough mesh should reduce computational complexity without adversely affecting the numerical error. We first focus on the a priori and a posteriori error estimation for a scalar second-order quasilinear elliptic PDEs of strongly monotone type with respect to a mesh-dependent energy norm. We then devise an hp-adaptive mesh refinement algorithm, using the a posteriori error estimator, to automatically refine both the coarse and fine meshes present in the two-grid method. We then perform numerical experiments to validate the algorithm and demonstrate the improvements from utilising a two-grid method in comparison to a standard (single-grid) approach. We also consider deviation of the energy norm based a priori and a posteriori error bounds for both the standard and two-grid discretisations of a quasi-Newtonian fluid flow problem of strongly monotone type. Numerical experiments are performed to validate these bounds. We finally consider the dual weighted residual based a posteriori error estimate for both the second-order quasilinear elliptic PDE and the quasi-Newtonian fluid flow problem with generic nonlinearities.
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spelling nottingham-139442025-02-28T11:27:53Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13944/ Two-grid hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for quasilinear PDEs Congreve, Scott In this thesis we study so-called two-grid hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for the numerical solution of quasilinear partial differential equations. The two-grid method is constructed by first solving the nonlinear system of equations stemming from the discontinuous Galerkin finite element method on a coarse mesh partition; then, this coarse solution is used to linearise the underlying problem so that only a linear system is solved on a finer mesh. Solving the complex nonlinear problem on a coarse enough mesh should reduce computational complexity without adversely affecting the numerical error. We first focus on the a priori and a posteriori error estimation for a scalar second-order quasilinear elliptic PDEs of strongly monotone type with respect to a mesh-dependent energy norm. We then devise an hp-adaptive mesh refinement algorithm, using the a posteriori error estimator, to automatically refine both the coarse and fine meshes present in the two-grid method. We then perform numerical experiments to validate the algorithm and demonstrate the improvements from utilising a two-grid method in comparison to a standard (single-grid) approach. We also consider deviation of the energy norm based a priori and a posteriori error bounds for both the standard and two-grid discretisations of a quasi-Newtonian fluid flow problem of strongly monotone type. Numerical experiments are performed to validate these bounds. We finally consider the dual weighted residual based a posteriori error estimate for both the second-order quasilinear elliptic PDE and the quasi-Newtonian fluid flow problem with generic nonlinearities. 2014-07-10 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13944/1/Congreve_PhD.pdf Congreve, Scott (2014) Two-grid hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for quasilinear PDEs. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. hp-adaptivity a priori a posteriori non-Newtonian fluids discontinuous Galerkin fine element methods two-grid dual weighted residual
spellingShingle hp-adaptivity
a priori
a posteriori
non-Newtonian fluids
discontinuous Galerkin fine element methods
two-grid
dual weighted residual
Congreve, Scott
Two-grid hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for quasilinear PDEs
title Two-grid hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for quasilinear PDEs
title_full Two-grid hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for quasilinear PDEs
title_fullStr Two-grid hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for quasilinear PDEs
title_full_unstemmed Two-grid hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for quasilinear PDEs
title_short Two-grid hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for quasilinear PDEs
title_sort two-grid hp-version discontinuous galerkin finite element methods for quasilinear pdes
topic hp-adaptivity
a priori
a posteriori
non-Newtonian fluids
discontinuous Galerkin fine element methods
two-grid
dual weighted residual
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13944/