Error estimates on the approximate finite volume solution of convection diffusion equations with general boundary conditions

Citation
T. Gallouet et al., Error estimates on the approximate finite volume solution of convection diffusion equations with general boundary conditions, SIAM J NUM, 37(6), 2000, pp. 1935-1972
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
SIAM JOURNAL ON NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
ISSN journal
00361429 → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1935 - 1972
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-1429(20000526)37:6<1935:EEOTAF>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We study here the convergence of a finite volume scheme for a diffusion con vection equation on an open bounded set of R-d (d = 2 or 3) for which we co nsider Dirichlet, Neumann, or Robin boundary conditions. We consider unstru ctured meshes which include Voronoi or triangular meshes; we use for the di ffusion term an "s points" (where s is the number of sides of each cell) fi nite volume scheme and for the convection term an upstream finite volume sc heme. Assuming the exact solution at least in H-2 we prove error estimates ina discrete H-0(1) norm of order the size of the mesh. Discrete Poincare i nequalities then allow one to prove error estimates in the L-2 norm.