A defect-correction method for unsteady conduction–convection problems II: Time discretization

In this paper, a fully discrete defect-correction mixed finite element method (MFEM) for solving the non-stationary conduction–convection problems in two dimension, which is leaded by combining the Back Euler time discretization with the two-step defect correction in space, is presented. In this method, we solve the nonlinear equations with an added artificial viscosity term on a finite element grid and correct these solutions on the same grid using a linearized defect-correction technique. The stability and the error analysis are derived. The theory analysis shows that our method is stable and has a good convergence property. Some numerical results are also given, which show that this method is highly efficient for the unsteady conduction–convection problems.