Implementation of an implicit-explicit scheme for hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin

Finite element methods, specifically Hybridizable Discontinuous Galerkin (HDG), are used in many applications. One choice made when implementing HDG for a specific problem is whether time integration should be performed implicitly or explicitly. Both approaches have their advantages but, for some problems, a combination of these methods is a better choice than either on their own. Thus, an implicit-explicit (IMEX) scheme that splits the computational domain into implicit and explicit regions based on the domain geometry is considered in this thesis. This allows for stability throughout the domain and exploits the advantages each scheme has to offer. A study of the convergence and properties of this implementation of the IMEX method is presented along with comparisons to the individual methods.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2018

Author dc:creator

• Kolkman, Lauren Nicole

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• James Peraire.

• Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119303

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/119303