Iterative multiscale finite-volume method

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 8604-8621

  Hajibeygi, Hadi ^a   Bonfigli, Giuseppe ^a   Hesse, Marc Andre ^b   Jenny, Patrick ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elliptic problem; Iterative multiscale methods; Line relaxation; Multiphase flow; Multiscale finite volume method; Poisson equation; Porous media

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EFFICIENCY; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; POISSON EQUATION;

ELLIPTIC PROBLEM; FINITE-VOLUME; ITERATIVE ALGORITHM; ITERATIVE MULTISCALE; ITERATIVE MULTISCALE METHOD; LINE RELAXATION; MULTISCALE FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MULTISCALE METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM; VELOCITY FIELD;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 49449087069     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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