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The hp Streamline Diffusion Finite Element Method for Convection Dominated Problems in one Space Dimension

by J. M. Melenk and Ch. Schwab

(Report number 1998-10)

Abstract
We analyze the hp Streamline Diffusion Finite Element Method (SDFEM) and the standard Galerkin FEM for one dimensional stationary convection-diffusion problems. Under the assumption of analyticity of the input data, a mesh is exhibited on which approximation with continuous piecewise polynomials of degree p allows for resolution of the boundary layer. On such meshes, both the SDFEM and the Galerkin FEM lead to robust exponential convergence in the "energy norm" and in the $L^\infty$ norm. Next, we show that even in the case that the boundary layers are not resolved, robust exponential convergence on compact subsets "upstream" of the layer can be achieved with the hp-SDFEM. This is possible on sequences of meshes that would typically be generated by an hp-adaptive scheme. Detailed numerical experiments confirm our convergence estimates.

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@Techreport{MS98_235,
  author = {J. M. Melenk and Ch. Schwab},
  title = {The hp Streamline Diffusion Finite Element Method for Convection Dominated Problems in one Space Dimension},
  institution = {Seminar for Applied Mathematics, ETH Z{\"u}rich},
  number = {1998-10},
  address = {Switzerland},
  url = {https://www.sam.math.ethz.ch/sam_reports/reports_final/reports1998/1998-10.pdf },
  year = {1998}
}

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