A mortar element method for elliptic problems with discontinuous coefficients

IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 549-576

  Huang, Jianguo ^a   Zou, Jun ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Jumps in coefficients; Mortar condition; Mortar element method

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUOUS COEFFICIENTS; ELLIPTIC PROBLEM; ERROR ESTIMATES; FINITE ELEMENT GRID; JUMPS IN COEFFICIENTS; MORTAR ELEMENT METHODS; MORTAR FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; SECOND-ORDER ELLIPTIC PROBLEM;

MORTAR;

EID: 0036035450     PISSN: 02724979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imanum/22.4.549     Document Type: Article

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