A multiscale mortar mixed finite element method for slightly compressible flows in porous media

Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1103-1119

  Kim, Mi Young ^a   Park, Eun Jae ^b   Thomas, Sunil G ^c   Wheeler, Mary F ^c  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Error estimates; Mixed finite element; Mortar finite element; Multiblock; Multiscale; Non matching grids

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548566808     PISSN: 03049914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4134/JKMS.2007.44.5.1103     Document Type: Article

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