A stabilized finite element method for the Poisson-Nernst-Planck equations in three-dimensional ion channel simulations

DOI10.1016/j.aml.2020.106652zbMath1448.78051MaRDI QIDQ2006347

Benzhuo Lu, Qin Wang, Hongliang Li, Linbo Zhang

Publication date: 8 October 2020

Published in: Applied Mathematics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aml.2020.106652

zbMATH Keywords

stabilized finite element method; Poisson-Nernst-Planck; SUPG; interior penalty

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35Q60: PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory

65M06: Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

78M20: Finite difference methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory

78M10: Finite element, Galerkin and related methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory

65M60: Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

78A57: Electrochemistry

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