Shape functions for velocity interpolation in general hexahedral cells

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 285-314

  Naff, R L ^a   Russell, T F ^b   Wilson, J D ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D; Control volume method; CVMFE method; Distorted grid; Hexahedral grid; Local Darcy low; Local mass conservation; Mixed method; Piola transformation; Vector shape function

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM; SHAPE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID FLOW; NUMERICAL METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM; SHAPE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0036929306     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021218525861     Document Type: Article

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