An efficient two-level finite element algorithm for the natural convection equations

An efficient two-level finite element algorithm for solving the natural convection equations is developed and studied in this paper. By solving one small nonlinear system on a coarse mesh H and two large linearized problems on a fine mesh h = 0 (H7-epsilon/2) with different loads, we can obtain an approximation solution (u(h), p(h), T-h) with the convergence rate of same order as the usual finite element solution, which involves one large nonlinear natural convection system on the same fine mesh h. Furthermore, compared with the results of Si's algorithm in 2011, the given algorithm costs less computed time to get almost the same precision. (C) 2017 IMACS. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.