A variational multiscale method based on bubble functions for convection-dominated convection-diffusion equation

This work presents a variational multiscale method based on polynomial bubble functions as subgrid scale and a numerical implementation based on two local Gauss integrations. This method can be implemented easily and efficiently for the convection-dominated problem. Static condensation of the bubbles suggests the stability of the method and we establish its global convergence. Representative numerical tests are presented.

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