A finite element approximation for the steady solution of a second-grade fluid model

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 281-295

  Sequeira, Adélia ^a   Baía, Margarida ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

FEM approximation; Fixed point algorithm; Second Grade fluid; Stokes system; Transport equation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

FIXED POINT ALGORITHMS; SECOND-GRADE FLUID MODELS; STOKES SYSTEMS;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; STOKES FLOW; TRANSPORT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STOKES FORMULA; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0345103205     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0427(99)00149-1     Document Type: Article

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