Radial basis function collocation method solution of natural convection in porous media

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-212

  Šarler, Božidar ^a   Perko, Janez ^a   Chen, Ching Shyang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Meshes; Numerical analysis; Polynomials

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POLYNOMIALS; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS;

MESHES; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

FLUID FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 1842431013     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615530410513809     Document Type: Conference Paper

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