An analysis of factors that govern the minimum time step size to be used in the finite element analysis of diffusion problems

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 809-819

  Thomas, Hywel Rhys ^a   Zhou, Zhengming ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion problems; Finite element analysis; Minimum time step size

Indexed keywords

PROBLEM SOLVING;

MINIMUM TIME STEP SIZE; ONE DIMENSIONAL DIFFUSION PROBLEMS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0032162932     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0887(199809)14:9<809::AID-CNM189>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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