A constrained finite element method satisfying the discrete maximum principle for anisotropic diffusion problems

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 228, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3448-3463

  Kuzmin, D ^a   Shashkov, M J ^b   Svyatskiy, D ^b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic diffusion; Discrete maximum principle; Finite element method; Gradient recovery; Nonnegativity constraints; Slope limiting

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; CONDITION; DIFFUSION PROBLEMS; DISCRETE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLES; FINITE ELEMENT APPROXIMATIONS; GALERKIN DISCRETIZATION; GRADIENT RECOVERY; NONNEGATIVITY CONSTRAINTS; SLOPE LIMITING; STIFFNESS MATRICES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 62049085006     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2009.01.031     Document Type: Article

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