Hybrid and multi-point formulations of the lowest-order mixed methods for Darcy's flow on triangles

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1041-1062

  Younes, Anis ^a   Fontaine, Vincent ^b  

^a Faculté de Médecine   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Brezzi Douglas Marini space; Hybrid formulations; Mixed method; Multipoint flux approximation; Raviart Thomas space

Indexed keywords

BREZZI-DOUGLAS-MARINI SPACE; HYBRID FORMULATIONS; MIXED METHOD; MULTIPOINT FLUX APPROXIMATION; RAVIART-THOMAS SPACE;

ANISOTROPY;

EID: 61349189650     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1785     Document Type: Article

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