Finite volume multiscale finite element method for solving the groundwater flow problems in heterogeneous porous media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  He, Xinguang ^a   Ren, Li ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FINITE VOLUME DISCRETIZATION; FINITE VOLUME MULTISCALE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FVMSFEM); HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; POROUS MEDIUM;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 28244491608     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003934     Document Type: Article

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