Numerical methods for fourth order nonlinear degenerate diffusion problems

Applications of Mathematics

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 517-543

  Becker, Jurgen ^a   Grun, Gunther ^a   Lenz, Martin ^a   Rumpf, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

finite element method; finite volume method; fourth order degenerate parabolic equation; nonnegativity preserving scheme; surfactant driven flow; thin film

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867939852     PISSN: 08627940     EISSN: 15729109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APOM.0000034537.55985.44     Document Type: Article

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