A-posteriori error estimation and adaptivity for nonlinear parabolic equations using IMEX-Galerkin discretization of primal and dual equations

Wu, X., van der Zee, Kristoffer George, Şimşek, G. and van Brummelen, E.H. (2018) A-posteriori error estimation and adaptivity for nonlinear parabolic equations using IMEX-Galerkin discretization of primal and dual equations. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing . ISSN 1064-8275 (In Press)

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Abstract

While many methods exist to discretize nonlinear time-dependent partial differential equations (PDEs), the rigorous estimation and adaptive control of their discretization errors remains challenging. In this paper, we present a methodology for duality-based a posteriori error estimation for nonlinear parabolic PDEs, where the full discretization of the PDE relies on the use of an implicit-explicit (IMEX) time-stepping scheme and the finite element method in space. The main result in our work is a decomposition of the error estimate that allows to separate the effects of spatial and temporal discretization error, and which can be used to drive adaptive mesh refinement and adaptive time-step selection. The decomposition hinges on a specially-tailored IMEX discretization of the dual problem. The performance of the error estimates and the proposed adaptive algorithm is demonstrated on two canonical applications: the elementary heat equation and the nonlinear Allen-Cahn phase-field model.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: A posteriori error estimate, Duality-based error estimate, IMEX scheme, Implicit-explicit schemes, Space-time error, Adaptivity, Parabolic PDE
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Mathematical Sciences
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 18 Sep 2018 08:06
Last Modified: 18 Sep 2018 08:13
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/55020

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