Convergence of a finite-volume scheme for the drift-diffusion equations in 1D

IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-108

  Chainais Hillairet, Claire ^a   Peng, Yue Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Degenerate parabolic equations; Drift diffusion system; Finite volume scheme; Semiconductor model

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

APPROXIMATE SOLUTION; CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; DEGENERATE PARABOLIC EQUATION; DRIFT DIFFUSION; DRIFTDIFFUSION EQUATIONS; FINITE VOLUME SCHEMES; GLOBAL EXISTENCE OF SOLUTIONS; NONLINEAR DRIFT-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 0037252791     PISSN: 02724979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imanum/23.1.81     Document Type: Article

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