An upwinding mixed finite element method for a mean field model of superconducting vortices

Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 687-706

  Chen, Zhiming ^a   Du, Qiang ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence analysis; Mean field model; Mixed finite element; Superconductivity; Unstructured grid; Vortices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034417772     PISSN: 0764583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/m2an:2000162     Document Type: Article

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