A family of MPFA finite-volume schemes with full pressure support for the general tensor pressure equation on cell-centered triangular grids

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 205-231

  Friis, Helmer A ^a,b   Edwards, Michael G ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cell centered; Control volume; Decoupling; Finite volume; Full pressure continuity; M matrix; Unstructured grid

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS;

CELL CENTERED; CONTROL VOLUMES; DECOUPLINGS; FINITE-VOLUME; FULL PRESSURE CONTINUITY; M-MATRICES; M-MATRIX; POINT WISE; PRESSURE SUPPORT; UNSTRUCTURED GRID;

TENSORS;

EID: 77958451502     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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