Finite element methods for convection-diffusion problems using exponential splines on triangles

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 35-45

  Sacco, R ^a   Stynes, M ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Convection diffusion; Exponential spline; Finite element

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; GALERKIN METHODS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CONVECTION DIFFUSION PROBLEMS; EXPONENTIAL SPLINES; SLOTBOOM VARIABLES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0031994213     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0898-1221(97)00277-0     Document Type: Article

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