A posteriori error estimation and error control for finite element approximations of the time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 247-262

  Prudhomme, S ^a   Oden, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

A posteriori estimation; Mesh adaptation; Navier stokes equations

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

ERROR CONTROL; MESH ADAPTATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CHANNEL FLOW; CYLINDER; ERROR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLOW AROUND OBJECT; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0033570626     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-874X(99)00048-7     Document Type: Article

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