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Numerical modelling of competitive components transport with non‐linear adsorption
Author(s) -
Sheng Daichao,
Smith David W.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.419
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1096-9853
pISSN - 0363-9061
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1096-9853(200001)24:1<47::aid-nag53>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - péclet number , galerkin method , stability (learning theory) , mathematics , finite element method , mathematical optimization , computer science , thermodynamics , physics , machine learning
A characteristic finite element (CFE) algorithm for modelling contaminant transport problems coupled with non‐linear competitive adsorption is presented. An alternative algorithm, termed as the transport‐equilibrium Petrov–Galerkin (TEPG) methods in this paper, is also presented for comparison. Through analyses of a number of examples with Peclet number ranging from zero to infinity, it is shown that the CFE algorithm is very competitive with the middle–point TEPG method in terms of accuracy, stability and efficiency. The fully explicit and fully implicit TEPG methods are found to be less appropriate for transport problems coupled with non‐linear equilibrium equations. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.