On stabilized finite element methods for the Stokes problem in the small time step limit

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 573-597

  Bochev, Pavel B ^a   Gunzburger, Max D ^b   Lehoucq, Richard B ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inf sup; Small time step limit; Stabilized finite element methods; SVD; Unsteady Stokes equations

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

SMALL TIME STEP LIMIT; STABILIZED FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; UNSTEADY STOKES EQUATIONS;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 33846412953     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1295     Document Type: Article

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