Multicontinuum splitting scheme for multiscale flow problems 2410 05253v1

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Table of Contents: Multicontinuum Splitting Schemes for Multiscale Flow Problems

Authors: Yalchin Efendiev, Wing Tat Leung, Buzheng Shan, Min Wang

I. Introduction

Briefly introduces the challenges of simulating multiscale and high-contrast flow problems, highlighting the limitations of traditional numerical methods and motivating the need for a multicontinuum splitting scheme.
Outlines existing methods for solving multiscale problems, including homogenization methods and multiscale methods like MsFEM and GMsFEM, as well as partially explicit time discretization approaches.
Positions this study within the framework of multicontinuum homogenization, explaining its key concepts, including macroscopic variables, multiscale basis functions, and the derivation of macroscopic equations.
Emphasizes the paper's focus on developing partially explicit time discretization schemes based on multicontinuum homogenization for parabolic equations with high-contrast coefficients, aiming to achieve contrast-independent stability conditions and computational efficiency.
Briefly mentions the exploration of optimized solution space decomposition techniques to further enhance stability and computational efficiency.

II. Preliminaries

Introduces the specific parabolic partial differential equation under consideration, defining its domain, boundary conditions, and the high-contrast coefficient.
Presents the variational formulation of the equation and establishes the necessary function spaces.
Provides a concise review of the multicontinuum homogenization method, explaining the partitioning of the domain, the concept of continua, and the definition of characteristic functions.
Introduces macroscopic variables representing the homogenized solution in each continuum and explains the assumption of their smoothness.
Presents the general multicontinuum expansion for the solution within each coarse block, defining the multiscale basis functions and their role in capturing multiscale properties.
Details the formulation of cell problems in oversampled domains to mitigate boundary effects, highlighting the constraints used to obtain the multiscale basis functions.
Discusses the substitution of the multicontinuum expansion into the variational form, deriving the system of macroscopic parabolic equations and defining the effective properties.

III. Multicontinuum Splitting Schemes

Introduces the multicontinuum space and outlines the decomposition strategy for creating partially explicit time discretization schemes.
Defines two subspaces, V1 and V2, to distinguish the effects of constants and linear functions from each continuum and sets up the framework for treating one subspace implicitly and the other explicitly.
Introduces a series of bilinear forms to represent different terms in the variational formulation and rewrites the system of equations using these notations.
Proposes two specific discretization schemes, outlining the implicit and explicit treatment of different terms and explaining the rationale behind each approach.
States and proves two theorems establishing the stability conditions for each discretization scheme, leveraging the strengthened Cauchy-Schwarz inequality.
Discusses the contrast-independent nature of the stability conditions for two-value fields when continua are chosen appropriately, highlighting the role of cell problems in achieving this property.

IV. Optimized Decomposition of Multicontinuum Space

Introduces a more general approach to solution space decomposition, aiming to relax stability conditions and identify explicit forms.
Presents a redefined formulation of V1 and V2, mixing multiscale basis functions and incorporating linear combination coefficients to optimize the decomposition.
Establishes the finite dimensional spaces for discretization and defines the desired properties for these spaces to ensure stability.
4.1 Construction for discretization scheme 1Analyzes the stability condition for scheme 1 and formulates a min-max optimization problem in tensor form to obtain the optimal decomposition.
Introduces simplification strategies to address the computational complexity of the tensor-based optimization problem, including restricting choices for subspaces and employing eigendecomposition.
States and proves a lemma demonstrating the equivalence of L2-norm and m22-norm for V2,H under the proposed construction, leading to a simplified stability condition.
Presents a theorem providing an explicit form of the stability condition based on the critical eigenvalue obtained from the simplified optimization problem.