On a compact mixed-order finite element for solving the three-dimensional incompressible Navier-stokes equations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 513-522

  Wang, Morten M T ^a   Sheu, Tony W H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compact; Compressed row storage; Multifrontal; Multivariant; Univariant

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VISCOUS FLOW;

COMPRESSED ROW STORAGE (CRS); MARKER AND CELL (MAC) GRID LAYOUT; MULTIVARIANT ELEMENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

FLOW MODELLING; FLUID DYNAMICS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 0031234398     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19970915)25:5<513::AID-FLD573>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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