Particle hydrodynamic moment models in biology and microelectronics: Singular relaxation limits

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 233-244

  Chen, Gui Qiang ^a   Jerome, Joseph W ^a   Zhang, Bo ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drift diffusion model; Hydrodynamic model; Reduced hydrodynamic model; Relaxation limit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001258173     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(96)00198-8     Document Type: Article

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