A posteriori error estimates for the mortar mixed finite element method

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1021-1042

  Wheeler, Mary F ^a   Yotov, Ivan ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

A posteriori error estimates; Adaptive mesh refinement; Mixed finite element; Mortar finite element; Nonmatching grids

Indexed keywords

A POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATES; ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT; MIXED FINITE ELEMENT; MORTAR FINITE ELEMENT; NONMATCHING GRIDS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745441293     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142903431687     Document Type: Article

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