Nodal and mixed finite elements for the numerical homogenization of 3D permeability

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-84

  Trykozko, Anna ^a,b   Zijl, Wouter ^c   Bossavit, Alain ^d  

^a Inst of Environ Eng Systems   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Bilateral bounds; Complementarity; Homogenization; Mixed finite elements; Nodal finite elements

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; GROUND WATER; HOMOGENIZATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PERMEABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0034824589     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011621529611     Document Type: Article

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