Finite volumes and finite elements: Two ‘good friends’

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 15 Oct 1994 English Publisher:WileyJournal:International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, volume 37, pages 3,323-3,341 (issn: 0029-5981, eissn: 1097-0207,

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Authors: Idelsohn, S. R.; Oñate, E.;

doi: 10.1002/nme.1620371908

Finite volumes and finite elements: Two ‘good friends’

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AbstractIn this paper a comparison between the finite element and the finite volume methods is presented in the context of elliptic, convective–diffusion and fluid flow problems. The paper shows that both procedures share a number of features, like mesh discretization and approximation. Moreover, it is shown that in many cases both techniques are completely equivalent.

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Other numerical methods (fluid mechanics), convective-diffusion problems, approximation, Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics, mesh discretization

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