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A fourth order accurate adaptive mesh refinement method forpoisson's equation

Journal Article · · Journal of Computational Physics
OSTI ID:886965

We present a block-structured adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) method for computing solutions to Poisson's equation in two and three dimensions. It is based on a conservative, finite-volume formulation of the classical Mehrstellen methods. This is combined with finite volume AMR discretizations to obtain a method that is fourth-order accurate in solution error, and with easily verifiable solvability conditions for Neumann and periodic boundary conditions.

Research Organization:
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Director. Office of Science. Office of AdvancedScientific Computing Research, Office of Mathematical Information andComputational Sciences. Applied Mathematics Program, ComputationalScience Graduate Fellowship under Contract DE-FG02-97ER25308
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
886965
Report Number(s):
LBNL--56190; BnR: KJ0101010
Journal Information:
Journal of Computational Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Computational Physics Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 209; ISSN 0021-9991; ISSN JCTPAH
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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