Vanishing moment method and moment solutions for fully nonlinear second order partial differential equations

Journal of Scientific Computing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-98

  Feng, Xiaobing ^a   Neilan, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Fully nonlinear PDEs; Mixed finite element method; Moment solutions; Monge Amp re type equations; Spectral and discontinuous Galerkin methods; Vanishing moment method; Viscosity solutions

Indexed keywords

FULLY NONLINEAR PDES; MIXED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOMENT SOLUTIONS; SPECTRAL AND DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHODS; VANISHING MOMENT METHOD; VISCOSITY SOLUTIONS;

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; VISCOSITY;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

EID: 59349099761     PISSN: 08857474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10915-008-9221-9     Document Type: Article

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