A stochastic variational multiscale method for diffusion in heterogeneous random media

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 654-676

  Velamur Asokan, Badrinarayanan ^a   Zabaras, Nicholas ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized polynomial chaos; Multiscale finite element; Operator upscaling; Stochastic diffusion; Subgrid modelling; Variational multiscale

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLYNOMIALS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

GENERALIZED POLYNOMIAL CHAOS; GENERALIZED POLYNOMIALS; MULTISCALE FINITE ELEMENT; OPERATOR UPSCALING; POLYNOMIAL CHAOS; STOCHASTIC DIFFUSION; STOCHASTICS; SUBGRID MODELING; UPSCALING; VARIATIONAL MULTISCALE;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 33748882856     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2006.02.026     Document Type: Article

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