A nonconforming finite element method for the stationary navier-stokes equations

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-120

  Karakashian, Ohannes A ^a   Jureidini, Wadi N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Nonconforming; Piecewise solenoidal; Stokes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001408252     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142996297199     Document Type: Article

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