Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The continuity equation
- 2 Density and gravity
- 3 Numerical solutions of partial differential equations
- 4 Stress and strain
- 5 The momentum equation
- 6 Viscous rheology of rocks
- 7 Numerical solutions of the momentum and continuity equations
- 8 The advection equation and marker-in-cell method
- 9 The heat conservation equation
- 10 Numerical solution of the heat conservation equation
- 11 2D thermomechanical code structure
- 12 Elasticity and plasticity
- 13 2D implementation of visco-elasto-plastic rheology
- 14 The multigrid method
- 15 Programming of 3D problems
- 16 Numerical benchmarks
- 17 Design of 2D numerical geodynamic models
- Epilogue: outlook
- Appendix: MATLAB program examples
- References
- Index
3 - Numerical solutions of partial differential equations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The continuity equation
- 2 Density and gravity
- 3 Numerical solutions of partial differential equations
- 4 Stress and strain
- 5 The momentum equation
- 6 Viscous rheology of rocks
- 7 Numerical solutions of the momentum and continuity equations
- 8 The advection equation and marker-in-cell method
- 9 The heat conservation equation
- 10 Numerical solution of the heat conservation equation
- 11 2D thermomechanical code structure
- 12 Elasticity and plasticity
- 13 2D implementation of visco-elasto-plastic rheology
- 14 The multigrid method
- 15 Programming of 3D problems
- 16 Numerical benchmarks
- 17 Design of 2D numerical geodynamic models
- Epilogue: outlook
- Appendix: MATLAB program examples
- References
- Index
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- Introduction to Numerical Geodynamic Modelling , pp. 37 - 50Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009