Computation of variably saturated subsurface flow by adaptive mixed hybrid finite element methods

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 565-581

  Bause, M ^a   Knabner, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

A posteriori error indicator; Mixed finite element method; Nonlinear elliptic parabolic problem; Raviart Thomas spaces; Saturated unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

MULTIGRID ALGORITHM; SATURATED SUBSURFACE;

WATER;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELING; RECHARGE; RICHARDS EQUATION; SATURATED MEDIUM; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER TABLE;

EID: 2442605443     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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