{"id":{"repo_id":"freiburg-diss","oai_identifier":"oai:freidok.uni-freiburg.de:178"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/freiburg-diss/oai:freidok.uni-freiburg.de:178","repository":{"repo_id":"freiburg-diss","name":"University of Freiburg","base_url":"https://freidok.uni-freiburg.de/oai/oai2.php"},"display":{"title":"A posteriori error estimates and adaptive methods for convection dominated transport processes","abstract":"In this thesis we derive robust a posteriori error estimates <br>for finite volume approximations of convection dominated nonlinear <br>transport problems. <br>Robustness means that the error estimates are uniform with respect to <br>vanishing diffusion coefficients. <br>The a posteriori error estimates give upper bounds for the error in the <br>L^1 norm between the exact solution and the approximate solution. <br>Hereby, the upper bounds only depend on computable constants and the <br>approximate solution itself. Therefore, the upper bound can be computed. <br>Using these theoretical results adaptive solution strategies are deduced, <br>implemented and tested for some model problems. <br>These adaptive techniques are applicable e.g. in two phase flow problems in <br>porous media or in the simulation of subsurface contaminant transport processes. <br>For two phase flow and density driven flow in porous media the applicability <br>is shown in several examples.","abstract_html":"In this thesis we derive robust a posteriori error estimates &lt;br&gt;for finite volume approximations of convection dominated nonlinear &lt;br&gt;transport problems. &lt;br&gt;Robustness means that the error estimates are uniform with respect to &lt;br&gt;vanishing diffusion coefficients. &lt;br&gt;The a posteriori error estimates give upper bounds for the error in the &lt;br&gt;L^1 norm between the exact solution and the approximate solution. &lt;br&gt;Hereby, the upper bounds only depend on computable constants and the &lt;br&gt;approximate solution itself. 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