A finite element formulation of the outlet gradient boundary condition for convective-diffusive transport problems

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2716-2732

  Cornaton, Fabien ^a   Perrochet, Pierre ^a   Diersch, Hans Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b WASY Inst for Water Resources   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Implicit Neumann condition; Open boundary problem; Upstream gradient evaluation

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POROUS MATERIALS; TENSORS;

CONVECTIVE-DIFFUSIVE TRANSPORT PROCESSES; GRADIENT BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; VARIABLE GRADIENT;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 11144292903     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1188     Document Type: Article

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