The Cahn-Hilliard equation is discretized by a Galerkin finite element method based on continuous piecewise linear functions in space and discontinuous piecewise constant functions in time. A posteriori error estimates are proved by using the methodology of dual weighted residuals.

We consider a standard model for mass transport across an evolving interface. The solution has to satisfy a jump condition across an evolving interface. In the recent paper [C. Lehrenfeld, A. Reusken, SIAM J. Num. Anal., 51 (2013)] a new finite element discretization method for this mass transport problem is presented and analyzed. This method is based on a space-time approach in which a discon...

We consider a standard model for mass transport across an evolving interface. The solution has to satisfy a jump condition across an evolving interface. We present and analyze a finite element discretization method for this mass transport problem. This method is based on a space-time approach in which a discontinuous Galerkin (DG) technique is combined with an extended finite element method (XF...

Abstract In this paper the design and analysis of a dimensionally consistent stabilization operator for a time-discontinuous Galerkin least-squares finite element method for unsteady viscous flow problems governed by the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, is discussed. The analysis results in a class of stabilization operators which satisfy essential conditions for the stability of the num...

This work is concerned with the derivation of adaptive methods for discontinuous Galerkin approximations of linear fourth order elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations. Adaptive methods are usually based on a posteriori error estimates. To this end, a new residual-based a posteriori error estimator for discontinuous Galerkin approximations to the biharmonic equation with essential...

A space-time discontinuous Galerkin finite element method for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations is presented. We explain the space-time setting, derive the weak formulation and discuss our choices for the numerical fluxes. The resulting numerical method allows local grid adaptation as well as moving and deforming boundaries, which we illustrate by computing the flow around a 3D delta win...

A high-order family of time relaxation models based on approximate deconvolution is considered. A fully discrete scheme using discontinuous finite elements is proposed and analyzed. Optimal velocity error estimates are derived. The dependence of these estimates with respect to the Reynolds number Re is O Re eRe , which is an improvement with respect to the continuous finite element method where...

The extended finite element method (X-FEM) is a numerical method for modeling strong (displacement) as well as weak (strain) discontinuities within a standard finite element framework. In the X-FEM, special functions are added to the finite element approximation using the framework of partition of unity. For crack modeling in isotropic linear elasticity, a discontinuous function and the two-dim...

This work is concerned with the development of inverse-type inequalities for piecewise polynomial functions and, in particular, functions belonging to hp-finite element spaces. The cases of positive and negative Sobolev norms are considered for both continuous and discontinuous finite element functions.The inequalities are explicit both in the local polynomial degree and the local mesh size.The...

A discontinuous Galerkin finite element heterogeneous multiscale method is proposed for advectiondiffusion problems with highly oscillatory coefficients. The method is based on a coupling of a discontinuous Galerkin discretization for an effective advection-diffusion problem on a macroscopic mesh, whose a priori unknown data are recovered from micro finite element calculations on sampling domai...