Comparison of H and P finite element approximations of the shallow water equations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-79

  Walters, R A ^a   Barragy, E J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive refinement; Convergence; Finite element; Shallow water equations

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ADAPTIVE REFINEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT APPROXIMATIONS; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; WAVE CONTINUITY EQUATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS;

ADAPTIVE REFINEMENT; CONVERGENCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATIONS;

EID: 0030970147     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19970115)24:1<61::AID-FLD479>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Review

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