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Finite Volume Box Schemes and Mixed Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2002

Jean-Pierre Croisille
Jean-Pierre Croisille*
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Département de Mathématiques, Université de Metz, 57045 Metz, France. (croisil@poncelet.univ-metz.fr)
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Abstract

We present the numerical analysis on the Poisson problem of two mixed Petrov-Galerkin finite volume schemes for equations in divergence form $\mathop{\rm div}\nolimits\varphi(u,\nabla u)=f$ . The first scheme, which has been introduced in [CITE], is a generalization in two dimensions of Keller's box-scheme. The second scheme is the dual of the first one, and is a cell-centeredscheme for u and the flux φ. For the first scheme, the two trial finite element spaces are the nonconforming space of Crouzeix-Raviartfor the primal unknown u and the div-conformingspace of Raviart-Thomas for the flux φ. The two test spaces are the functions constant per cell both for the conservative and for the fluxequations.We prove an optimal second order error estimate for the box scheme and we emphasize the link between this scheme and the post-processing of Arnold and Brezzi of the classical mixed method.

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Box methodbox schememixed finite element methodPetrov-Galerkin methodfinite volume method.

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ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis , Volume 34 , Issue 5 , September 2000, pp. 1087 - 1106
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© EDP Sciences, SMAI, 2000

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