A piecewise linear finite element discretization of the diffusion equation for arbitrary polyhedral grids

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3738-3757

  Bailey, Teresa S ^a   Adams, Marvin L ^a   Yang, Brian ^b   Zika, Michael R ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive mesh refinement; Arbitrary polyhedral grids; Diffusion; Finite element; Finite volume; Piecewise linear; Unstructured grids

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES;

ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT; ARBITRARY POLYHEDRAL GRID; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE-VOLUME; LINEAR FINITE ELEMENTS; LINEAR METHODS; PIECEWISE LINEAR; PIECEWISE-LINEAR; UNSTRUCTURED GRID;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 40249097401     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2007.11.026     Document Type: Article

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