A Hybrid Variational Multiscale Element-Free Galerkin Method for Convection-Diffusion Problems

Abstract

By coupling the dimension splitting method (DSM) and the variational multiscale element-free Galerkin (VMEFG) method, a hybrid variational multiscale element-free Galerkin (HVMEFG) method is developed for the two-dimensional convection-diffusion problems. In the HVMEFG method, the two-dimensional problem is converted into a battery of one-dimensional problems by the DSM. Combining the non-singular improved interpolating moving least-squares (IIMLS) method, the VMEFG method is used to obtain the discrete equations of the one-dimensional problems on the splitting plane. Then, final discretized equations of the entire convection-diffusion problems are assembled by the IIMLS method. The HVMEFG method has high accuracy and efficiency. Numerical examples show that the HVMEFG method can obtain non-oscillating solutions and has higher efficiency and accuracy than the EFG and VMEFG methods for convection-diffusion problems.