What Are FEM, FDM and FVM? FEM, FDM and FVM differ from one another in important ways. Understanding these distinctions is key to selecting the method most appropriate for your purposes. The ...

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Vol. 48, No. 4 (2010), pp. 1281-1312 (32 pages) We develop a mixed finite element method for elliptic problems on hexahedral grids that reduces to cell-centered ...

This paper develops the finite volume element (FVE) method, which is similar to the so-called control volume finite element method but tailored to composite grid applications. FVE is described for the ...

In advanced engineering circles, the finite element method — or, more commonly, finite element analysis — is a real staple. With the advent of more powerful home computers, though, even your home ...