A reduced-dimension method of Crank-Nicolson finite element solution coefficient vectors for the unsteady Burgers equation

Abstract

This paper primarily focuses on the dimensionality reduction of finite element (FE) solution coefficient vectors for the unsteady Burgers equation, solved using the Crank-Nicolson FE (CNFE) method. The proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) basis is constructed from the snapshot matrix, which is formed using the first L solutions, where L is significantly smaller than the total number of time steps N of the CNFE method. By reconstructing the matrix form of the CNFE method, a reduced-dimension Crank-Nicolson finite element (RDCNFE) method is proposed and stability analysis and error estimates are discussed. Numerical tests are implemented to verify the theoretical results and demonstrate the high efficiency of the RDCNFE method.