A quasi-positive family of continuous Darcy-flux finite-volume schemes with full pressure support

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 9333-9364

  Edwards, Michael G ^a   Zheng, Hongwen ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy and pressure equation; Control volume distributed (CVD); Family of flux continuous schemes; Finite volume; Full pressure continuity; Locally conservative; M matrix; Maximum principle; Monotonicity; Multi point flux approximation (MPFA); Positivity

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; TENSORS;

ANISOTROPY AND PRESSURE EQUATION; CONTROL VOLUMES; CONTROL-VOLUME DISTRIBUTED; FAMILY OF FLUX-CONTINUOUS SCHEME; FINITE-VOLUME; FULL PRESSURE CONTINUITY; LOCALLY CONSERVATIVE; M-MATRICES; M-MATRIX; MONOTONICITY; MULTI-POINT FLUX APPROXIMATION; MULTI-POINTS; POSITIVITY; PRESSURE EQUATIONS;

ANISOTROPY;

EID: 52749093231     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.05.028     Document Type: Article

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