Efficient numerical solution of the density profile equation in hydrodynamics

Journal of Scientific Computing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 411-424

  Kitzhofer, G ^a   Koch, O ^b   Lima, P ^c   Weinmuller E ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

A posteriori error estimation; Adaptive mesh selection; Collocation methods; Conditioning; Convergence; Singular boundary value problems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MESH SELECTION; DENSITY PROFILE; NON-HOMOGENEOUS FLUID; POLYNOMIAL COLLOCATION;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); ERROR ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 34547784493     PISSN: 08857474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10915-007-9141-0     Document Type: Article

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