Stabilized Spectral Element Approximation for the Navier-Stokes Equations

Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-141

  Gervasio, P ^a   Saleri, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Navier Stokes equations; Spectral elements; Stabilization techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001521891     PISSN: 0749159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2426(199801)14:1<115::AID-NUM7>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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