Convergence of adaptive edge element methods for the 3d eddy currents equations

Journal of Computational Mathematics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 657-676

  Hoppe, R H W ^a,b   Schoberl J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D eddy currents equations; Adaptive edge elements; Convergence analysis; Error and oscillation reduction; Residual type a posteriori error estimates

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249220419     PISSN: 02549409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4208/jcm.2009.27.5.016     Document Type: Article

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