Finite Element, Finite Difference, and Finite Volume Methods: Examples and their Comparisons.

Abstract

Elementary descriptions of finite element and finite difference methods are given while the finite volume method is briefly overviewed. Examples illustrating finite element and finite difference methods are worked out. Finally, comparisons of these methods between themselves and with some examples from literature are given. (AN)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA305701

Entities

People

  • Josip Z. Soln

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Linear Accelerators
  • Literature
  • New York
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.