Adaptive discontinuous Galerkin methods for eigenvalue problems arising in incompressible fluid flows

In this article we consider the a posteriori error estimation and adaptive mesh refinement of discontinuous Galerkin finite element approximations of the hydrodynamic stability problem associated with the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. Particular attention is given to the reliable error est...

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Main Authors: Cliffe, Andrew, Hall, Edward, Houston, Paul
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Published: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics 2008
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description In this article we consider the a posteriori error estimation and adaptive mesh refinement of discontinuous Galerkin finite element approximations of the hydrodynamic stability problem associated with the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. Particular attention is given to the reliable error estimation of the eigenvalue problem in channel and pipe geometries. Here, computable a posteriori error bounds are derived based on employing the generalization of the standard Dual-Weighted-Residual approach, originally developed for the estimation of target functionals of the solution, to eigenvalue/stability problems. The underlying analysis consists of constructing both a dual eigenvalue problem and a dual problem for the original base solution. In this way, errors stemming from both the numerical approximation of the original nonlinear flow problem, as well as the underlying linear eigenvalue problem are correctly controlled. Numerical experiments highlighting the practical performance of the proposed a posteriori error indicator on adaptively refined computational meshes are presented.
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spelling nottingham-9452020-05-04T20:27:36Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/945/ Adaptive discontinuous Galerkin methods for eigenvalue problems arising in incompressible fluid flows Cliffe, Andrew Hall, Edward Houston, Paul In this article we consider the a posteriori error estimation and adaptive mesh refinement of discontinuous Galerkin finite element approximations of the hydrodynamic stability problem associated with the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. Particular attention is given to the reliable error estimation of the eigenvalue problem in channel and pipe geometries. Here, computable a posteriori error bounds are derived based on employing the generalization of the standard Dual-Weighted-Residual approach, originally developed for the estimation of target functionals of the solution, to eigenvalue/stability problems. The underlying analysis consists of constructing both a dual eigenvalue problem and a dual problem for the original base solution. In this way, errors stemming from both the numerical approximation of the original nonlinear flow problem, as well as the underlying linear eigenvalue problem are correctly controlled. Numerical experiments highlighting the practical performance of the proposed a posteriori error indicator on adaptively refined computational meshes are presented. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics 2008 Article NonPeerReviewed Cliffe, Andrew, Hall, Edward and Houston, Paul (2008) Adaptive discontinuous Galerkin methods for eigenvalue problems arising in incompressible fluid flows. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing . ISSN 1064-8275 (Submitted) Incompressible flows hydrodynamic stability a posteriori error estimation adaptivity discontinuous Galerkin methods
spellingShingle Incompressible flows
hydrodynamic stability
a posteriori error estimation
adaptivity
discontinuous Galerkin methods
Cliffe, Andrew
Hall, Edward
Houston, Paul
Adaptive discontinuous Galerkin methods for eigenvalue problems arising in incompressible fluid flows
title Adaptive discontinuous Galerkin methods for eigenvalue problems arising in incompressible fluid flows
title_full Adaptive discontinuous Galerkin methods for eigenvalue problems arising in incompressible fluid flows
title_fullStr Adaptive discontinuous Galerkin methods for eigenvalue problems arising in incompressible fluid flows
title_full_unstemmed Adaptive discontinuous Galerkin methods for eigenvalue problems arising in incompressible fluid flows
title_short Adaptive discontinuous Galerkin methods for eigenvalue problems arising in incompressible fluid flows
title_sort adaptive discontinuous galerkin methods for eigenvalue problems arising in incompressible fluid flows
topic Incompressible flows
hydrodynamic stability
a posteriori error estimation
adaptivity
discontinuous Galerkin methods
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/945/