Diffuse approximation and control-volume-based finite-element methods: A comparative study

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 303-321

  Prax, C ^a   Salagnac, P ^b   Sadat, H ^c  

^a Laboratoire d Etudes Ae rodynamiques   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CONTROL-VOLUME FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (CVFEM); DIFFUSE APPROXIMATION METHOD (DAM);

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0032187605     PISSN: 10407790     EISSN: 15210626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407799808915060     Document Type: Article

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