An efficient global matrix free finite element algorithm for 3D flow problems

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 107-118

  Murugesan, K ^a   Lo, D C ^a   Young, D L ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Element level storage; Finite element method; Three dimensional Stokes flow; Velocity vorticity formulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VECTORS;

CAVITY PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAIN; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; STOKES EQUATION;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 14844349303     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.731     Document Type: Article

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