Some upwinding techniques for finite element approximations of convection-diffusion equations (Q750105)

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    Some upwinding techniques for finite element approximations of convection-diffusion equations
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4174268

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      Some upwinding techniques for finite element approximations of convection-diffusion equations (English)
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      Several upwinding schemes for a standard model convection-diffusion equation are discussed. The standard finite element Galerkin discretization is chosen as the reference discretization. The streamline diffusion method, the box method, the Scharfetter-Gummel discretization, and a divergence-free scheme are examined. The last method appears to be extremely robust and stable.
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      stability of methods
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      upwinding schemes
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      convection-diffusion equation
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      finite element Galerkin discretization
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      streamline diffusion method
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      box method
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      Scharfetter-Gummel discretization
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      divergence-free scheme
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