Analysis of an upwind-mixed finite element method for nonlinear contaminant transport equations

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1709-1724

  Dawson, Clint ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Advection; Diffusion; Mixed finite elements; Upwinding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039637178     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142993259421     Document Type: Article

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