A semi-implicit low-regularity integrator for Navier-Stokes equations

Abstract

A new type of low-regularity integrator is proposed for Navier-Stokes equations, coupled with a stabilized finite element method in space. Unlike the other low-regularity integrators for nonlinear dispersive equations, which are all fully explicit in time, the proposed method is semi-implicit in time in order to preserve the energy-decay structure of NS equations. First-order convergence of the proposed method is established independent of the viscosity coefficient $\mu$, under weaker regularity conditions than other existing numerical methods, including the semi-implicit Euler method and classical exponential integrators. Numerical results show that the proposed method is more accurate than the semi-implicit Euler method in the viscous case $\mu =O(1)$, and more accurate than the classical exponential integrator in the inviscid case $\mu \to 0$.

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