A non-conforming finite element method with anisotropic mesh grading for the Stokes problem in domains with edges

IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 843-856

  Apel, Thomas ^a   Nicaise, Serge ^b   Schöberl, Joachim ^c  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anisotropic mesh; Consistency error; Crouzeix Raviart element; Edge singularity; Nonconforming finite element method; Stokes problem

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GRADING; MESH GENERATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

ANISOTROPIC MESHES; CONSISTENCY ERROR; CROUZEIX-RAVIART ELEMENT; EDGE SINGULARITIES; NONCONFORMING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STOKES PROBLEM;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0035541117     PISSN: 02724979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imanum/21.4.843     Document Type: Article

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