Order of convergence estimates for an Euler implicit, mixed finite element discretization of Richards' equation

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1452-1478

  Radu, Florin ^a   Pop, Iuliu Sorin ^b   Knabner, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

De generate parabolic problems; Error estimates; Euler implicit scheme; Mixed finite elements; Porous media; Regularization; Richards' equation

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS;

DE-GENERATE PARABOLIC PROBLEMS; ERROR ESTIMATES; EULER IMPLICIT SCHEME; MIXED FINITE ELEMENTS; REGULARIZATION; RICHARDS' EQUATION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 25444508685     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142902405229     Document Type: Article

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