We propose, analyze, and compare several numerical methods for the computation of the deformation of a pressurized martensitic thin film. Numerical results have been obtained for the hysteresis of the deformation as the film transforms reversibly from austenite to martensite.

Using the min-plus version of the spectral radius formula, one proves: 1) that the unique eigenvalue of a min-plus eigenvalue problem depends continuously on parameters involved in the kernel defining the problem; 2) that the numerical method introduced by Chou and Griffiths to compute this eigenvalue converges.A toolbox recently developed at I.n.r.i.a. helps to illustrate these results. Frenkel-Kontorova models serve as example. The analogy with homogenization of Hamilton-Jacobi equations is emphasized.

The topic of this work is to obtain discrete Sobolev inequalities for piecewise constant functions, and to deduce Lp error estimates on the approximate solutions of convection diffusion equations by finite volume schemes.

In a recent paper [4] we have proposed and analyseda suitable mathematical modelwhich describes the coupling of the Navier-Stokes with theOseen equations.In this paper we propose a numerical solution of the coupledproblem by subdomain splitting.After a preliminary analysis, we prove a convergence result foran iterative algorithm that alternates the solution of the Navier-Stokes problem to the one of the Oseen problem.

We semi-discretize in space a time-dependent Navier-Stokes systemon a three-dimensional polyhedron by finite-elements schemesdefined on two grids. In the first step, the fully non-linearproblem is semi-discretized on a coarse grid, with mesh-size H.In the second step, the problem is linearized by substitutinginto the non-linear term, the velocity u H computed at stepone, and the linearized problem is semi-discretized on a finegrid with mesh-size h. This approach is motivated by the factthat, on a convex polyhedron and under adequate assumptions on thedata, the contribution of u H to the error analysis ismeasured in the L 2 norm in space and time, and thus, for thelowest-degree elements, is of the order of H 2. Hence, an errorof the order of h can be recovered at the second step, providedh = H 2.

This paper is devoted to the study of a posteriori error estimates for the scalar nonlinear convection-diffusion-reaction equation $c_t + \nabla \cdot ( {\bf u}f(c)) - \nabla \cdot (D \nabla c) + \lambda c = 0$ .The estimates for the error between the exact solution and an upwind finite volume approximation to the solution are derived in the L 1-norm,independent of the diffusion parameter D. The resulting a posteriori error estimate is used to define an grid adaptive solution algorithm for the finite volume scheme. Finally numerical experiments underline the applicability of the theoretical results.

This paper deals with the flow problem of aviscous plastic fluid in a cylindrical pipe. In order toapproximate this problem governed by a variational inequality, we apply the nonconforming mortar finite element method. By using appropriate techniques, we are able to prove the convergence of the method and to obtain the same convergence rate as in the conforming case.

In this paper we are interested in bilateral obstacle problems for quasilinear scalar conservation laws associated with Dirichlet boundary conditions. Firstly, we provide a suitable entropy formulation which ensures uniqueness. Then, we justify the existence of a solution through the method of penalization and by referring to the notion of entropy process solution due to specific properties of bounded sequences in L ∞. Lastly, we study the behaviour of this solution and its stability properties with respect to the associated obstacle functions.

A new approximation scheme is presented for the mathematical model of convection-diffusion and adsorption. The method is based on the relaxation method and the method of characteristics. We prove the convergence of the method and present some numerical experiments in 1D. The results can be applied to the model of contaminant transport in porous media with multi-site, equilibrium and non-equilibrium type of adsorption.

The topic of this paper is the numerical analysis of timeperiodic solution for electro-magnetic phenomena. The Limit Absorption Method (LAM)which forms the basis of our study is presented. Theoreticalresults have been proved in the linear finite dimensional case. Thismethod is applied to scattering problems and transport of chargedparticles.

Many problems in quantumchemistry deal with the computation of fundamental or excited states of molecules and lead to the resolution of eigenvalue problems. One of the major difficulties in these computations lies in the very largedimension of the systems to be solved. Indeed these eigenfunctions dependon 3n variables where n stands for the number of particles (electrons and/or nucleari) in the molecule. In order to diminish the size of the systems to be solved, the chemists have proposed manyinteresting ideas. Among those stands the adiabatic variable method; we present in this paper a mathematical analysis of thisapproximation and propose, in particular, an a posteriori estimate thatmight allow for verifying the adiabaticity hypothesis that is done on some variables; numerical simulations that support thea posteriori estimators obtained theoretically are also presented.

We present a finite element method to compute guided modes in a stratified medium. The major difficulty to overcome is related to the unboundedness of the stratified medium. Our method is an alternative to the use of artificial boundary conditions and to the use of integral representation formulae. The domain is bounded in such a way we can write the solution on its lateral boundaries in terms of Fourier series. The series is then truncated for the computations over the bounded domain. The problem is scalar and 2-dimensional.

In this paper we extend recent work on the detection of inclusions using electrostatic measurements to the problem of crack detection in a two-dimensional object. As in the inclusion case our method is based on a factorization of the difference between two Neumann-Dirichlet operators. The factorization possible in the case of cracks is much simpler than that for inclusions and the analysis is greatly simplified. However, the directional information carried by the crack makes the practical implementation of our algorithm more computationally demanding.

Three non-overlapping domain decomposition methods are proposed for thenumericalapproximation of time-harmonic Maxwell equations with damping (i.e., in a conductor). Foreach method convergence is proved and, for the discrete problem, the rate ofconvergenceof the iterative algorithm is shown to be independent of the number ofdegrees of freedom.