Finite element approximation of kinetic dilute polymer models with microscopic cut-off

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-89

  Barrett, John W ^a   Süli, Endre ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

convergence analysis; existence of weak solutions; FENE; Finite element method; Fokker Planck equations; Navier Stokes equations; polymeric flow models

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DRAG; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; POLYMERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TENSORS; VISCOUS FLOW;

CONTINUOUS PIECEWISE-LINEAR FUNCTION; CONVERGENCE ANALYSIS; EXISTENCE OF WEAK SOLUTIONS; FENE; FINITELY EXTENSIBLE NONLINEAR ELASTICS; FLOW MODEL; GLOBAL EXISTENCE OF WEAK SOLUTIONS; INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 79952566134     PISSN: 28227840     EISSN: 28047214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/m2an/2010030     Document Type: Article

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