The MAST FV/FE scheme for the simulation of two-dimensional thermohaline processes in variable-density saturated porous media

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 228, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1234-1274

  Aricò, Costanza ^a   Tucciarelli, Tullio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Density driven flows; Finite element method; Finite volume method; Porous media; Stream function; Thermohaline process

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GROUNDWATER; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS;

DENSITY DRIVEN FLOWS; FINITE-VOLUME METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATED POROUS MEDIA; SCALAR POTENTIAL; SPACE AND TIME; STREAMFUNCTIONS; THERMOHALINE; THERMOHALINE PROCESS; VARIABLE DENSITY;

FLOW FIELDS;

EID: 58149154651     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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