A symmetric characteristic finite volume element scheme for nonlinear convection-diffusion problems (Q925975)

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A symmetric characteristic finite volume element scheme for nonlinear convection-diffusion problems
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    A symmetric characteristic finite volume element scheme for nonlinear convection-diffusion problems (English)
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    26 May 2008
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    The authors propose a finite volume element method for a nonlinear advection-diffusion equation in two spatial dimensions. The method uses a piecewise linear basis, and it contains an artificial viscosity. Temporal iterations are handled by an alternating direction method. The authors prove an error bound.
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    finite volume element method
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    nonlinear advection-diffusion equation
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    artificial viscosity
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    alternating direction method
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    error bound
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