A stabilized Crank-Nicolson mixed finite volume element formulation for the non-stationary parabolized Navier-Stokes equations

A time semi-discrete Crank-Nicolson (CN) formulation with second-order time accuracy for the non-stationary parabolized Navier-Stokes equations is firstly established. And then, a fully discrete stabilized CN mixed finite volume element (SCNMFVE) formulation based on two local Gaussian integrals and parameter-free with the second-order time accuracy is established directly from the time semi-discrete CN formulation so that it could avoid the discussion for semi-discrete SCNMFVE formulation with respect to spatial variables and its theoretical analysis becomes very simple. Finally, the error estimates of SCNMFVE solutions are provided.