A comparison of spurious oscillations at layers diminishing (SOLD) methods for convection-diffusion equations. - Part I

Abstract

An unwelcome feature of the popular streamline upwind/Petrov-Galerkin (SUPG) stabilization of convection-dominated convection-diffusion equations is the presence of spurious oscillations at layers. Since the mid of the 1980-ies, a number of methods have been proposed to remove or, at least, to diminish these oscillations without leading to excessive smearing of the layers. The paper gives a review and state of the art of these methods, discusses their derivation, proposes some alternative choices of parameters in the methods and categorizes them. Some numerical studies give a first insight into the advantages and drawbacks of the methods.