Two-grid stabilized finite element methods with backtracking for the stationary Navier-Stokes equations

Abstract

Based on local Gauss integral technique and backtracking technique, this paper presents and studies three kinds of two-grid stabilized finite element algorithms for the stationary Navier-Stokes equations. The proposed methods consist of deducing a coarse solution on the nonlinear system, updating the solution on a fine mesh via three different methods, and solving a linear correction problem on the coarse mesh to obtain the final solution. The error estimates are derived for the solution approximated by the proposed algorithms. A series of numerical experiments are illustrated to test the applicability and efficiency of our proposed methods, and support the theoretical analysis results.