The multiscale finite element method with nonconforming elements for elliptic homogenization problems

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 517-538

  Chen, Zhangxin ^a,b,c   Cui, Ming ^d   Savchuk, Tatyana Y ^e   Yu, Xijun ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS AND COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS   (China)

Author keywords

Convergence; Error estimate; Finite element; Multiscale finite element method; Multiscale problem; Nonconforming finite element; Nonlinear problem; Oversampling technique; Random problem; Stability

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ERROR ESTIMATE; FINITE ELEMENT; MULTISCALE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MULTISCALE PROBLEM; NONCONFORMING FINITE ELEMENT; NONLINEAR PROBLEM; OVERSAMPLING TECHNIQUE; RANDOM PROBLEM;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LINEARIZATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 55149102012     PISSN: 15403459     EISSN: 15403467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/070691917     Document Type: Article

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