A sharp interface finite volume method for elliptic equations on Cartesian grids

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 228, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 5184-5206

  Oevermann, M ^a   Scharfenberg, C ^b   Klein, R ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discontinuous solution; Elliptic equations; Embedded interface; Finite volume methods; Variable and discontinuous coefficients

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CARTESIAN GRID; DISCONTINUOUS COEFFICIENTS; DISCONTINUOUS SOLUTIONS; ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS; EMBEDDED INTERFACE; FINITE-VOLUME METHOD; PIECE-WISE; SECOND ORDERS; SHARP INTERFACE; VARIABLE COEFFICIENTS;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD;

EID: 67349180773     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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