A finite element variational multiscale method for steady-state natural convection problem based on two local gauss integrations

Yunzhang Zhang*, Yanren Hou, Haibiao Zheng

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Abstract

In this article, supposing that the velocity, pressure, and temperature are approximated by the elements P2-P1-P2, and applying the orthogonal projection technique, we introduce two Gauss integrations as a stabilizing term in the common variational multiscale (VMS) method and derive a new VMS (Two Gauss VMS) method for steady-state natural convection problem. Comparing with the common VMS method, the Two Gauss VMS method does not need to introduce any extra variable and reduces the degrees of freedom of the discrete system a lot, but gets the same stabilized result. The effectiveness and stability of the Two Gauss VMS method are further demonstrated through two numerical examples. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 30: 361-375, 2014

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)361-375
Number of pages15
JournalNumerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations
Volume30
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • finite element method
  • natural convection problem
  • two local gauss integrations
  • variational multiscale method

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