A general framework for constructing and analyzing mixed finite volume methods on quadrilateral grids: The overlapping covolume case

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1170-1196

  Chou, So Hsiang ^a   Kwak, Do Y ^b   Kim, Kwang Y ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Control volume; Control volume finite element method; Covolume method; Error estimate; Finite volume element; MAC; Mixed finite element; Porous media

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035452999     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S003614290037544X     Document Type: Article

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