Comparison of finite differences and finite elements on a parabolic problem

DOI10.1016/0021-9991(88)90014-9MaRDI QIDQ1111349zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. I. Shestakov

Publication date 1988

Published in Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(88)90014-9

zbMATH Keywords

comparisondiffusion problemFinite differencesfinite elementsirregular mesh

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Initial-boundary value problems for second-order parabolic equations (35K20) Numerical solution of discretized equations for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N22) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N50)

Review text

Finite differences and finite elements are compared for a diffusion problem solved on a smooth two-dimensional nearly-orthogonal grid. The comparison favours finite elements.

Cites work

• Differencing of the diffusion equation in Lagrangian hydrodynamic codes
• Flux-limited diffusion models in radiation hydrodynamics

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