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Finite-volume methods (FVM)—sometimes also called box methods—are mainly employed for the numerical solution of problems in fluid mechanics, where they were introduced in the 1970s by McDonald, MacCormack, and Paullay. However, the application of the FVM is not limited to flow problems.
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Schäfer, M. (2022). Finite-Volume Methods. In: Computational Engineering - Introduction to Numerical Methods. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76027-4_4
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