Mixed multiscale finite element methods using approximate global information based on partial upscaling

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-341

  Jiang, Lijian ^a,b   Efendiev, Yalchin ^c   Mishev, IIya ^d  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homogenization; Mixed multiscale finite elements; Porous media; Two phase flows; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELING; HOMOGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 77952878565     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10596-009-9165-7     Document Type: Article

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