Convergence Analysis of a Finite Volume Method via a New Nonconforming Finite Element Method

Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-231

  Vanselow, Reiner ^a   Scheffler, Hans Peter ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell centered finite volume method; Convergence; Finite element method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008151585     PISSN: 0749159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2426(199803)14:2<213::AID-NUM5>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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