A conservative and monotone mixed-hybridized finite element approximation of transport problems in heterogeneous domains

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 199, Issue 41-44, 2010, Pages 2709-2720

  Brera, Marco ^a   Jerome, Joseph W ^b   Mori, Yoichiro ^c   Sacco, Riccardo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Heterogeneous problems; Mathematical modeling; Mixed hybridized finite element methods; Neuroelectronics; Numerical simulation; Transport phenomena

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT; HETEROGENEOUS PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NEUROELECTRONICS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77957599840     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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