A characteristic based numerical method with tracking for nonlinear wave equations

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 75-99

  Bukiet, B ^a   Pelesko, J ^a   Li, X L ^b   Sachdev, P L ^c  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Hyperbolic PDEs; Shock and rarefaction waves; Shock tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038175353     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0898-1221(96)00019-3     Document Type: Article

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