Convergence analysis of a mixed finite volume scheme for an elliptic-parabolic system modeling miscible fluid flows in porous media

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2228-2258

  Chainais Hillairet, Claire ^a   Droniou, Jerome ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Convergence analysis; Finite volume methods; Miscible fluid flow; Numerical tests; Porous medium

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

CONVERGENCE ANALYSIS; FINITE VOLUME METHODS; MISCIBLE FLUID FLOW; NUMERICAL TESTS; POROUS MEDIUM;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 55549108064     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/060657236     Document Type: Article

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