High-order mimetic finite difference method for diffusion problems on polygonal meshes

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 8841-8854

  Gyrya, Vitaliy ^a   Lipnikov, Konstantin ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion equation; High order method; Locally conservative method; Mimetic discretization; Polygonal mesh

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; TENSORS;

DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; DISCRETIZATIONS; HIGH-ORDER; HIGH-ORDER METHODS; HIGHER-ORDER METHODS; LOCALLY CONSERVATIVE METHODS; MIMETIC DISCRETIZATION; MIMETIC FINITE DIFFERENCE METHODS; MIMETICS; POLYGONAL MESHES;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 50249099733     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.06.028     Document Type: Article

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