In this thesis, we consider a projection-based stabilization method for solving buoyancy driven flows (natural convection problems). The method consists of adding global stabilization for all scales and then anti-diffusing these effects on the large scales defined by projections into appropriate function spaces. In this way, stabilization acts only on the small scales. We consider two different variations of buoyancy driven flows based on the projection-based stabilization. First, we focus on the steady-state natural convection problem of heat transport through combined solid and fluid media in a classical enclosure. We present the mathematical analysis of the projection-based method and prove existence, uniqueness and convergence of the approximate solutions of the velocity, temperature and pressure. We also present some numerical tests to support theoretical findings. Second, we consider a system of combined heat and mass transfer in a porous medium due to the natural convection. For the semi-discrete problem, a stability analysis of the projectionbased method and a priori error estimate are given for the Darcy-Brinkman equations in double-diffusive convection. Then we provide numerical assessments and a comparison with some benchmark data for the Darcy-Brinkman equations. In the last part of the thesis, we present a fully discrete scheme with the linear extrapolation of convecting velocity terms for the Darcy-Brinkman equations.

No presente trabalho estudamos e analisamos o método do Tubo de Trajetórias, um algoritmo conservativo, explícito, simples, fisicamente intuitivo, semi-Lagrangiano para equação de convecção. Mostramos que o método é incondicionalmente estável, essencialmente não-dispersivo, convergente e acurado de ordem 2 no tempo e no espaço. Soluções numéricas de sistemas e equações diferenciais ordinárias são testadas no contexto do método do Tubo de Trajetórias, com difíceis problemas clássicos. Aplicações são consideradas no âmbito do transporte oceânico e na advecção de frentes atmosféricas. A fim de testar as propriedades conservativas do método estudado, uma estimativa do erro de balanço de massa é usado aqui. Comparações com outras metodologias mostram a superioridade do método do Tubo de Trajetórias. / In the present work we studied and analyzed the Trajectories Tube method, a conservative, explicit, simple, physically intuitive, semi-Lagrangian algorithm for the convection equation. Kinematical aspects of the mechanics of continuous media are essentially the tools used for formulation and feasibility analysis. We showed that this method is unconditionally stable, essentially nondispersive, convergent and accurate of order two in time and space. Computational experiments with non-isochoric and isochoric motions show that the studied method can be used in compressible and incompressible flow. Numerical solutions of systems of ordinary differential equations (necessary conditions for acomplishment of the scheme) are tested in the Trajectories Tube method context, with classical difficult examples. Applications are considered in the ambit of oceanic transport and advection of atmospheric fronts, including the tracer problem within a Stommel gyre and the computation of the Dowell frontogenesis. Comparisions with other methodologies show the superiority of the Trajectories Tube method.

No presente trabalho estudamos e analisamos o método do Tubo de Trajetórias, um algoritmo conservativo, explícito, simples, fisicamente intuitivo, semi-Lagrangiano para equação de convecção. Mostramos que o método é incondicionalmente estável, essencialmente não-dispersivo, convergente e acurado de ordem 2 no tempo e no espaço. Soluções numéricas de sistemas e equações diferenciais ordinárias são testadas no contexto do método do Tubo de Trajetórias, com difíceis problemas clássicos. Aplicações são consideradas no âmbito do transporte oceânico e na advecção de frentes atmosféricas. A fim de testar as propriedades conservativas do método estudado, uma estimativa do erro de balanço de massa é usado aqui. Comparações com outras metodologias mostram a superioridade do método do Tubo de Trajetórias. / In the present work we studied and analyzed the Trajectories Tube method, a conservative, explicit, simple, physically intuitive, semi-Lagrangian algorithm for the convection equation. Kinematical aspects of the mechanics of continuous media are essentially the tools used for formulation and feasibility analysis. We showed that this method is unconditionally stable, essentially nondispersive, convergent and accurate of order two in time and space. Computational experiments with non-isochoric and isochoric motions show that the studied method can be used in compressible and incompressible flow. Numerical solutions of systems of ordinary differential equations (necessary conditions for acomplishment of the scheme) are tested in the Trajectories Tube method context, with classical difficult examples. Applications are considered in the ambit of oceanic transport and advection of atmospheric fronts, including the tracer problem within a Stommel gyre and the computation of the Dowell frontogenesis. Comparisions with other methodologies show the superiority of the Trajectories Tube method.