A conforming mixed finite-element method for the coupling of fluid flow with porous media flow

IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-108

  Gatica, Gabriel N ^a   Meddahi, Salim ^b   Oyarzúa, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conforming method; Darcy equation; Mixed finite elements; Stokes equation

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GALERKIN METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; POROUS MATERIALS;

CONFORMING METHODS; DARCY EQUATIONS; DISCRETE FORMULATIONS; INTERFACE CONDITIONS; MIXED FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; MIXED FINITE ELEMENTS; PRIORI ERROR ESTIMATE; STOKES EQUATIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 58849135325     PISSN: 02724979     EISSN: 14643642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imanum/drm049     Document Type: Article

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