Characteristic-nonconforming finite-element methods for advection-dominated diffusion problems

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 48, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 1087-1100

  Chen, Zhangxin ^a  

^a Box 750156Southern Methodist Univ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Advection dominateddiffusion problems; Characteristics based methods; Convergence; Error estimates; Nonconforming finite element methods; Stability

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DIFFUSION; ERRORS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OSCILLATIONS; STABILITY; VECTORS;

ADVECTION-DOMINATED PROBLEMS; CHARACTERISTICS-BASED METHODS; CONVERGENCE; ERROR ESTIMATES; NONCONFORMING FINITE-ELEMENT METHODS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 14644412921     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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