Transient 1D transport equation simulated by a mixed green element formulation

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 437-454

  Taigbenu, Akpofure Efemena ^a   Onyejekwe, Okey Oseloka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diffusion advection; Green element method

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTERPOLATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ADVECTION; BOUNDARY INTEGRAL THEORY; GREEN ELEMENT METHOD; ONE DIMENSIONAL TRANSPORT EQUATION; SECOND ORDER CORRECT CRANK-NICOLSON SCHEME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0031213240     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0363(19970830)25:4<437::aid-fld570>3.0.co;2-j     Document Type: Article

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