Research reports

Semi-lagrangian methods for advection of differential forms

by H. Heumann and R. Hiptmair and K. Li and J.-C. Xu

(Report number 2011-21)

Abstract
We study the discretization of linear transient transport problems for differential forms on bounded domains. The focus is on semi-Lagrangian methods that employ finite element approximation on fixed meshes combined with tracking of the flow map. They enjoy unconditional stability. We derive these methods as finite element Galerkin approach to discrete material derivatives and discuss further approximations. An a priori convergence analysis is conducted and supplemented by numerical experiments.

Keywords: Convection-dffusion problem, discrete differential forms, discrete Lie derivative, semi-Lagrangian methods

BibTeX
@Techreport{HHLX11_65,
  author = {H. Heumann and R. Hiptmair and K. Li and J.-C. Xu},
  title = {Semi-lagrangian methods for advection of differential forms},
  institution = {Seminar for Applied Mathematics, ETH Z{\"u}rich},
  number = {2011-21},
  address = {Switzerland},
  url = {https://www.sam.math.ethz.ch/sam_reports/reports_final/reports2011/2011-21.pdf },
  year = {2011}
}

Disclaimer
© Copyright for documents on this server remains with the authors. Copies of these documents made by electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, may only be employed for personal use. The administrators respectfully request that authors inform them when any paper is published to avoid copyright infringement. Note that unauthorised copying of copyright material is illegal and may lead to prosecution. Neither the administrators nor the Seminar for Applied Mathematics (SAM) accept any liability in this respect. The most recent version of a SAM report may differ in formatting and style from published journal version. Do reference the published version if possible (see SAM Publications).

JavaScript has been disabled in your browser