Mortar finite elements for interface problems

Computing (Vienna/New York)

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 333-348

  Lamichhane, B P ^a,b   Wohlmuth, B I ^a,b  

^a University of Stuttgart ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Domain decomposition; Interface problem; Lagrange multiplier; Mortar finite elements; Non matching triangulation; Saddle point problem

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRIANGULATION;

DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION; INTERFACE PROBLEMS; MORTAR FINITE ELEMENTS; NON MATCHING TRIANGULATION; SADDLE POINT PROBLEMS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 3042749452     PISSN: 0010485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00607-003-0062-y     Document Type: Article

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