Raviart-Thomas and Brezzi-Douglas-Marini finite-element approximations of the shallow-water equations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 951-976

  Rostand, V ^a   Le Roux, D Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brezzi Douglas Marini; Dispersion relations; Finite element method; Raviart Thomas; Shallow water equations

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; CONSERVATION; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MESH GENERATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; DISCRETIZATION; DISPERSION RELATIONS; DOUGLAS (CO); FINITE ELEMENT (FE); GEOSTROPHIC BALANCE; INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVES; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS (SWE); SPURIOUS MODES; TEST PROBLEMS; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES;

LINEAR ALGEBRA;

EID: 47849112053     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1668     Document Type: Article

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