finite volume method

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discrete-space expression mathematical expression

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method for representing and evaluating partial differential equations in the form of algebraic equations




Finite volume methods can be compared and contrasted with the finite difference methods, which approximate derivatives using nodal values, or finite element methods, which create local approximations of a solution using local data, and construct a global approximation by stitching them together.In the finite volume method, volume integrals in a partial differential equation that contain a divergence term are converted to surface integrals, using the divergence theorem. These terms are then evaluated as fluxes at the surfaces of each finite volume.


Mathematical expressions specializing finite volume method

Darcy equation (finite volume)
Poisson equation for the electric potential (finite volume)
Stokes equation (finite volume)
continuity equation for electrons (finite volume)
continuity equation for holes (finite volume)

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