A relaxation scheme for the hydrodynamic equations for semiconductors

Applied Numerical Mathematics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 229-252

  Jüngel, Ansgar ^a   Tang, Shaoqiang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

HYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 0036847398     PISSN: 01689274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9274(01)00182-9     Document Type: Article

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