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Adaptive mesh methods for hyperbolic conservation laws with bound-preserving flux limiters

Numerical Analysis 2026-02-16 v1 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

In this paper, we develop bound-preserving (BP) finite-volume schemes for hyperbolic conservation laws on adaptive moving meshes. For scalar conservative laws, we rewrite the conventional high-order discretization as a convex combination of first-order counterparts on each sub-cell, which is mathematically equivalent to introducing a bound-preserving flux limiter. Such a limiter is inexpensive to evaluate, with a feature that the corresponding BP CFL conditions depend solely on the first-order sub-cell schemes. A mild CFL restriction is derived under which high-order spatial accuracy is retained. The proposed BP schemes are extend to two nonlinear systems, namely, the Euler equations and the five-equation transport model of two-medium flows. Numerical results demonstrate that the present schemes possess high resolution and strong robustness properties.

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@article{arxiv.2602.12580,
  title  = {Adaptive mesh methods for hyperbolic conservation laws with bound-preserving flux limiters},
  author = {Yaguang Gu and Guanghui Hu and Tao Tang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.12580},
  year   = {2026}
}

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25 pages