AN ANALYSIS OF FACTORS THAT GOVERN THE MINIMUM-TIME STEP-SIZE TO BE USED IN THE FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF DIFFUSION-PROBLEMS

Authors
THOMAS HR ZHOU ZM
Citation
Hr. Thomas et Zm. Zhou, AN ANALYSIS OF FACTORS THAT GOVERN THE MINIMUM-TIME STEP-SIZE TO BE USED IN THE FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF DIFFUSION-PROBLEMS, Communications in numerical methods in engineering, 14(9), 1998, pp. 809-819
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics,Mathematics,Engineering
Journal title
Communications in numerical methods in engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
10698299
Volume
14
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
809 - 819
Database
ISI
SICI code
1069-8299(1998)14:9<809:AAOFTG>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The solution of the equation system of the finite element method for d iffusion problems is presented in the format of a sequence. The charac teristics of the numerical results can thus be known through an analys is of this 'theoretical expression' of the solution. The characteristi cs of the sequence are analysed to yield expressions for the minimum t ime step size. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.