A new discretization methodology for diffusion problems on generalized polyhedral meshes

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 196, Issue 37-40 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 3682-3692

  Brezzi, Franco ^a,d   Lipnikov, Konstantin ^b   Shashkov, Mikhail ^b   Simoncini, Valeria ^c,d  

^a SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA SUPERIORE IUSS PAVIA   (Italy)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compatible discretizations; Finite difference; Polyhedral meshes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICS;

COMPATIBLE DISCRETIZATIONS; DIFFUSION PROBLEMS; GENERALIZED POLYHEDRAL MESHES; OPTIMAL CONVERGENCE RATE;

DIFFUSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIFFUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICS;

EID: 34447101360     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2006.10.028     Document Type: Article

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