An iterative multiscale finite volume algorithm converging to the exact solution

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 230, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1849-1864

  Lunati, Ivan ^a   Tyagi, Manav ^b   Lee, Seong H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservative methods; Domain decomposition; Linear solver; Multiscale finite volume method; Preconditioner splitting; Projection methods

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CONSERVATIVE METHOD; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITIONS; FINITE-VOLUME; FLUX FIELDS; LINEAR SOLVER; MULTISCALE FINITE VOLUME METHOD; PRECONDITIONER SPLITTING; PRECONDITIONERS; PROJECTION METHOD; SPLITTINGS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 78651443043     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2010.11.036     Document Type: Article

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