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An hp a-priori error analysis of the DG time-stepping method for initial value problems
(1999)SAM Research ReportThe Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) time-stepping method for the numerical solution of initial value ODEs is analyzed in the context of the hp-version of the Galerkin method. New a-priori error bounds explicit in the time steps and in the approximation orders are derived and it is proved that the DG method gives spectral and exponential accuracy for problems with smooth and analytic time dependence, respectively. It is further shown that ...Report -
Exponential Convergence in a Galerkin Least Squares hp-FEM for Stokes Flow
(1999)SAM Research ReportA stabilized hp-Finite Element Method (FEM) of Galerkin Least Squares (GLS) type is analyzed for the Stokes equations in polygonal domains. Contrary to the standard Galerkin FEM, this method admits equal-order interpolation in the velocity and the pressure, which is very attractive from an implementational point of view. In conjunction with geometrically refined meshes and linearly increasing approximation orders it is shown that thehp-GLSFEM ...Report -
Time Discretization of Parabolic Problems by the hp-Version of the Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method
(1999)SAM Research ReportThe Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method (DGFEM) for the time discretization of parabolic problems is analyzed in a hp-version context. Error bounds which are explicit in the time step as well as the approximation order are derived and it is shown that the hp-DGFEM gives spectral convergence in problems with smooth time dependence. In conjunction with geometric time partitions it is proved that the hp-DGFEM results in exponential ...Report -
The hp-Version of the Streamline Diffusion Finite Element Method in Two Space Dimensions
(1999)SAM Research ReportThe Streamline Diffusion Finite Element Method (SDFEM) for a two dimensional convection-diffusion problem is analyzed in the context of the hp-version of the Finite Element Method (FEM). It is proved that the appropriate choice of the SDFEM parameters leads to stable methods on the class of "boundary layer meshes" which may contain anisotropic needle elements of arbitrarily high aspect ratio. Consistency results show that the use of such ...Report -
Mixed hp-FEM on anisotropic meshes II: Hanging nodes and tensor products of boundary layer meshes
(1997)SAM Research ReportDivergence stability of mixed hp-FEM for incompressible fluid flow for a general class of possibly highly irregular meshes is shown. The meshes may be refined anisotropically and contain hanging nodes on geometric patches. The inf-sup constant is independent of the aspect ratio of the elements and the dependence on the polynomial degree is given explicitly. Numerical estimates of inf-sup constants confirm our results.Report -
Mixed hp-FEM on anisotropic meshes
(1997)SAM Research ReportMixed hp-FEM for incompressible fluid flow on anisotropic meshes are analyzed. A discrete inf-sup condition is proved with a constant independent of the meshwidth and the aspect ratio. For each polynomial degree $k\geq 2$, velocity-pressure subspace pairs are presented which are stable on quadrilateral mesh-patches, independently of the element aspect ratio implying in particular divergence stability on the so-called Shishkin-meshes. ...Report