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Convergence rate of a finite volume scheme for a two dimensional convection-diffusion problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2002

Yves Coudière
Affiliation:
Mathematiques pour l'Industrie et la Physique, UMR CNRS-UPS 5640, INSA, Domaine Scientifique de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France.
Jean-Paul Vila
Affiliation:
Mathematiques pour l'Industrie et la Physique, UMR CNRS-UPS 5640, INSA, Domaine Scientifique de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France.
Philippe Villedieu
Affiliation:
ONERA, Centre de Toulouse, 2 avenue Edouard Belin, 31055 Toulouse Cedex, France.
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Abstract

In this paper, a class of cell centered finite volume schemes, on general unstructured meshes, for a linear convection-diffusion problem, is studied. The convection and the diffusion are respectively approximated by means of an upwind scheme and the so called diamond cell method [4]. Our main result is an error estimate of order h, assuming only the W2,p (for p>2) regularity of the continuous solution, on a mesh of quadrangles. The proof is based on an extension of the ideas developed in [12]. Some new difficulties arise here, due to the weak regularity of the solution, and the necessity to approximate the entire gradient, and not only its normal component, as in [12].

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© EDP Sciences, SMAI, 1999

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