A new mixed finite element formulation the MAC method for the stokes equations

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 560-571

  Han, Houde ^a   Wu, Xiaonan ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

MAC scheme; Mixed finite element method; Stokes equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009791176     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142996300385     Document Type: Article

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