Duality-based two-level error estimation for time-dependent PDEs: Application to linear and nonlinear parabolic equations

We introduce a duality-based two-level error estimator for linear and nonlinear time-dependent problems. The error measure can be a space–time norm, energy norm, final-time error or other error related functional. The general methodology is developed for an abstract nonlinear parabolic PDE and subse...

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Published in:Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering 2015-05, Vol.288, p.83-109
Main Authors: Şimşek, G., Wu, X., van der Zee, K.G., van Brummelen, E.H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
A posteriori error estimation
Adaptivity
Approximation
Cahn–Hilliard equation
Duality-based error estimation
Energy norm
Error analysis
Errors
Estimators
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical models
Nonlinearity
Norms
Partial differential equations
Space–time error
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Summary:We introduce a duality-based two-level error estimator for linear and nonlinear time-dependent problems. The error measure can be a space–time norm, energy norm, final-time error or other error related functional. The general methodology is developed for an abstract nonlinear parabolic PDE and subsequently applied to linear heat and nonlinear Cahn–Hilliard equations. The error due to finite element approximations is estimated with a residual weighted approximate-dual solution which is computed with two primal approximations at nested levels. We prove that the exact error is estimated by our estimator up to higher-order remainder terms. Numerical experiments confirm the theory regarding consistency of the dual-based two-level estimator. We also present a novel space–time adaptive strategy to control errors based on the new estimator.
ISSN:0045-7825
1879-2138
DOI:10.1016/j.cma.2014.11.019