Stability and Phase Speed for Various Finite Element Formulations of the Advection Equation
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Neta, Beny
Williams, R. T.
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1986
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1986
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This paper analyzes the stability and accuracy of various finite element approximations to the linearized two-dimensional advection equation. Four triangular elements with linear basis functions are included along with a rectangular element with bilinear basis functions. In addition, second-and fourth-order finite difference schemes are examined for comparison. Time is discretized with the leapfrog method. The criss-cross triangle formulation is found to be unstable. The best schemes are the isosceles triangles with linear basis functions and the rectangles with bilinear basis functions.
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Computers and Fluids, 14, (1986), 393–410.
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Applied Mathematics
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.