A stabilized finite elements method for the Stokes problem based on polynomial pressure projections

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-201

  Dohrmann, Clark R ^a   Bochev, Pavel B ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Equal order interpolation; Inf sup Condition; Stabilized mixed methods; Stokes equations

Indexed keywords

POLYNOMIAL PRESSURE PROJECTIONS; PRESSURE ELEMENTS; STOKES PROBLEMS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PRESSURE FIELD; STOKES FLOW;

EID: 4344609992     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.752     Document Type: Article

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