Least-squares mixed finite element solution of variably saturated subsurface flow problems

SIAM Journal of Scientific Computing

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1869-1885

  Starke, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SURFACES;

A POSTERIOR ERROR ESTIMATOR; GAUSS-NEWTON METHOD; NONLINEAR ELLIPTIC PARABOLIC PROBLEMS; RAVIART-THOMAS SPACES; VARIABLY SATURATED FLOW; WATER TABLE RECHARGE PROBLEM;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0033678357     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1137/S1064827598339384     Document Type: Article

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