ISSN:
0029-5981
Keywords:
Engineering
;
Engineering General
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mathematics
,
Technology
Notes:
In this paper a class of nonlinear evolution problems is considered. It is shown that, under special conditions, the application of the product approximation method for nonlinear problems in the finite element method results in constant (i.e. time-independent) matrices. In those cases the amount of computing required to solve these equations with an explicit time-stepping algorithm is decreased considerably compared to the standard Galerkin formulation in which the matrices are time-dependent. The method is applied to two practical two-dimensional problems: the shallow water equations and a nonlinear heat conduction problem.
Additional Material:
12 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nme.1620230112
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