A posteriori error estimates for lowest-order mixed finite element discretizations of convection-diffusion-reaction equations

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1570-1599

  Vohralík, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

A posteriori error estimates; Convection dominance; Convection diffusion reaction equation; Inhomogeneous and anisotropic diffusion; Mixed finite element method; Upwind weighting

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; ESTIMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT CONVECTION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

A POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATES; ABSTRACT FRAMEWORK; ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; APPROXIMATE SOLUTIONS; APPROXIMATION ERRORS; CONVECTION DOMINANCE; CONVECTION-DIFFUSION-REACTION EQUATION; CONVECTION-DIFFUSION-REACTION EQUATIONS; DISPERSION TENSOR; ENERGY NORM; GENERAL FRAMEWORK; INHOMOGENEITIES; INHOMOGENEOUS AND ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; LOCAL VARIATIONS; LOWER BOUNDS; MEAN VALUE; MIXED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MIXED FINITE ELEMENTS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; THREE SPACE DIMENSIONS; UPPER BOUNDS; UPWIND WEIGHTING; WEAK FORMULATION;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

EID: 44449087135     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/060653184     Document Type: Article

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