Electron. J. Differential Equations, Vol. 2019 (2019), No. 122, pp. 1-23.

A monotone nonlinear cell-centered finite element method for anisotropic diffusion problems

Nguyen Anh Dao, Duc Cam Hai Vo, Thanh Hai Ong

Abstract:
We present a technique to correct the cell-centered finite element scheme [20] (FECC) for full anisotropic diffusion problems on general meshes, which provides a discrete maximum principle (DMP). The correction scheme, named monotone nonlinear cell centered finite element scheme (MNFECC), is cell-centered in the sense that the solution can be computed from cell unknowns of the general primal mesh. Moreover, its coercivity and convergence are proven in a rigorous theoretical framework. Numerical experiments show that the method is effective and accurate, and it satisfies the discrete maximum principle.

Submitted July 3, 2019. Published November 19, 2019.
Math Subject Classifications: 65N08, 65N30, 65N12, 35J15.
Key Words: Discrete maximum principle; heterogeneous anisotropic diffusion; general grid; finite volume; finite elements; cell-centered scheme.

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  Nguyen Anh Dao
Applied Analysis Research Group
Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics
Ton Duc Thang University
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
email: daonguyenanh@tdtu.edu.vn
Duc Cam Hai Vo \newline
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Science, VNU HCMC
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
email: vdchai@hcmus.edu.vn
Thanh Hai Ong
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Science, VNU HCMC
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
email: othai@hcmus.edu.vn

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