A conservative stabilized finite element method for the magneto-hydrodynamic equations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 535-554

  Salah, Nizar Ben ^a,b   Soulaimani, Azzeddine ^b   Habashi, Wagdi G ^a   Fortin, Michel ^c  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservative formulation; Finite element method; Hartmann flow; MHD equations; MHD Rayleigh flow; Numerical solutions; Stabilization techniques

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033558745     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19990315)29:5<535::AID-FLD799>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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