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

DOI10.1007/BF01385618zbMath0713.65066MaRDI QIDQ750105

Randolph E. Bank, Josef F. Bürgler, Wolfgang Fichtner, R. Kent Smith

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Numerische Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/133495

zbMATH Keywords

convection-diffusion equation; box method; streamline diffusion method; upwinding schemes; divergence-free scheme; finite element Galerkin discretization; Scharfetter-Gummel discretization; stability of methods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35J25: Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic equations

65N12: Stability and convergence of numerical methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs

65N30: Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs

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