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Duality-based two-level error estimation for time-dependent PDEs: application to linear and nonlinear parabolic equations

?im?ek, G.; Wu, X.; van der Zee, K.G.; van Brummelen, E.H.

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Authors

G. ?im?ek

X. Wu

KRISTOFFER VAN DER ZEE KG.VANDERZEE@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Numerical Analysis &computational Applied Mathematics

E.H. van Brummelen



Abstract

We introduce a duality-based two-level error estimator for linear and nonlinear time-dependent problems. The error measure can be a space-time norm, energy norm, final-time error or other error related functional. The general methodology is developed for an abstract nonlinear parabolic PDE and subsequently applied to linear heat and nonlinear Cahn-Hilliard equations. The error due to finite element approximations is estimated with a residual weighted approximate-dual solution which is computed with two primal approximations at nested levels. We prove that the exact error is estimated by our estimator up to higher-order remainder terms. Numerical experiments confirm the theory regarding consistency of the dual-based two-level estimator. We also present a novel space-time adaptive strategy to control errors based on the new estimator.

Citation

Şimşek, G., Wu, X., van der Zee, K., & van Brummelen, E. (2015). Duality-based two-level error estimation for time-dependent PDEs: application to linear and nonlinear parabolic equations. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 288, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2014.11.019

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 13, 2014
Online Publication Date Dec 3, 2014
Publication Date May 1, 2015
Deposit Date Apr 7, 2016
Publicly Available Date Apr 7, 2016
Journal Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Print ISSN 0045-7825
Electronic ISSN 1879-2138
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 288
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2014.11.019
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/748752
Publisher URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045782514004459

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