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This work focuses on multidimensional summation-by-parts (SBP) discretizations of linear elliptic operators with variable coefficients. We consider a general SBP discretization with dense simultaneous approximation terms (SATs), which serve…
This paper is concerned with the accurate, conservative, and stable imposition of boundary conditions and inter-element coupling for multi-dimensional summation-by-parts (SBP) finite-difference operators. More precisely, the focus is on…
We analyze the stability and functional superconvergence of discretizations of diffusion problems with the narrow-stencil second-derivative generalized summation-by-parts (SBP) operators coupled with simultaneous approximation terms (SATs).…
The scalar, one-dimensional advection equation and heat equation are considered. These equations are discretized in space, using a finite difference method satisfying summation-by-parts (SBP) properties. To impose the boundary conditions,…
Non-conforming numerical approximations offer increased flexibility for applications that require high resolution in a localized area of the computational domain or near complex geometries. Two key properties for non-conforming methods to…
We develop a new finite difference method for the wave equation in second order form. The finite difference operators satisfy a summation-by-parts (SBP) property. With boundary conditions and material interface conditions imposed weakly by…
In this paper, we propose the first of its kind space-time dual-pairing summation by parts (DP-SBP) numerical framework for forward and adjoint wave propagation problems. This novel approach enables us to achieve spatial and temporal high…
Summation-by-parts (SBP) finite-difference discretizations share many attractive properties with Galerkin finite-element methods (FEMs), including time stability and superconvergent functionals; however, unlike FEMs, SBP operators are not…
We consider the numerical simulation of the acoustic wave equations arising from seismic applications, for which staggered grid finite difference methods are popular choices due to their simplicity and efficiency. We relax the uniform grid…
The high-order accurate continuous Galerkin finite element method offers attractive computational efficiency for computational fluid dynamics. A challenge is however spurious oscillations which result for convection dominated flows over…
High-order methods for conservation laws can be highly efficient if their stability is ensured. A suitable means mimicking estimates of the continuous level is provided by summation-by-parts (SBP) operators and the weak enforcement of…
The Laplacian appears in several partial differential equations used to model wave propagation. Summation-by-parts--simultaneous approximation term (SBP-SAT) finite difference methods are often used for such equations, as they combine…
Summation-by-parts (SBP) operators are finite-difference operators that mimic integration by parts. This property can be useful in constructing energy-stable discretizations of partial differential vequations. SBP operators are defined by a…
In the research community, there exists the strong belief that a continuous Galerkin scheme is notoriously unstable and additional stabilization terms have to be added to guarantee stability. In the first part of the series [6], the…
We present a nodal Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard equation that satisfies the summation-by-parts simultaneous-approximation-term (SBP-SAT) property. The latter permits us to show that the discrete free-energy is…
Nishikawa (2007) proposed to reformulate the classical Poisson equation as a steady state problem for a linear hyperbolic system. This results in optimal error estimates for both the solution of the elliptic equation and its gradient.…
By employing non-equispaced grid points near boundaries, boundary-optimized upwind finite-difference operators of orders up to nine are developed. The boundary closures are constructed within a diagonal-norm summation-by-parts (SBP)…
We study the numerical solutions of time-dependent systems of partial differential equations, focusing on the implementation of boundary conditions. The numerical method considered is a finite difference scheme constructed by high order…
We study the numerical approximation of a coupled hyperbolic-parabolic system by a family of discontinuous Galerkin space-time finite element methods. The model is rewritten as a first-order evolutionary problem that is treated by the…
We consider energy stable summation by parts finite difference methods (SBP-FD) for the homogeneous and piecewise homogeneous dynamic beam equation (DBE). Previously the constant coefficient problem has been solved with SBP-FD together with…