A collocation penalty least-squares finite element formulation for incompressible flows

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 197, Issue 6-8, 2008, Pages 449-463

  Prabhakar, V ^a   Pontaza, J P ^a   Reddy, J N ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incompressible flow; Least squares method; Penalty method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; VORTICITY;

GLOBAL COEFFICIENT MATRIX; KOVASZNAY'S FLOW; LEAST-SQUARES MODEL; PENALTY METHOD;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; VORTICITY;

EID: 36049023172     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2007.06.013     Document Type: Article

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