An error bound for the finite element approximation of a model for phase separation of a multi-component alloy

IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 257-287

  Barrett, John W ^a   Blowey, James F ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES;

BACKWARD EULER; FINITE ELEMENT APPROXIMATIONS; MULTI-COMPONENT ALLOY; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PIECEWISE LINEAR; SPACE DIMENSIONS; THREE COMPONENT; TIME DISCRETIZATION;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 0030514596     PISSN: 02724979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imanum/16.2.257     Document Type: Article

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