The application of a finite volume multigrid method to three-dimensional flow problems in a highly viscous fluid with a variable viscosity

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 261-291

  Trompert, R A ^a   Hansen, U ^a  

^a Institute for Earth Sciences   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Earth's mantle; Finite volume discretization; Infinite Prandtl number; Mantle convection; Multigrid methods; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; FINITE VOLUME DISCRETIZATION; MANTLE; MULTIGRID METHOD;

EID: 0030395405     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929608208968     Document Type: Article

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