Finite-element approximation of non-Fickian polymer diffusion

IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 702-730

  Bauermeister, Norbert ^a   Shaw, Simon ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

a priori error estimates; finite element method; non Fickian diffusion; nonlinear diffusion

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ERRORS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VISCOELASTICITY;

CRANK-NICOLSON METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT APPROXIMATIONS; GALERKIN FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; NON-FICKIAN DIFFUSION; NONLINEAR DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; OPTIMAL A PRIORI ERROR ESTIMATES; PRIORI ERROR ESTIMATE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77956013452     PISSN: 02724979     EISSN: 14643642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imanum/drn071     Document Type: Article

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