A robust and efficient linearization scheme for doubly nonlinear and degenerate parabolic problems arising in flow in porous media

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1593-1614

  Slodička, Marián ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Convergence of approximate solution; Flow in porous media; Linearization; Nonlinear degenerate parabolic equation; Relaxation scheme; Time discretization

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

PARABOLIC PROBLEMS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0036989014     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1064827500381860     Document Type: Article

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