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The Principal Direction Technique for advection-dispersion problems is extended to three dimensions. The technique combines the versatility of Galerkin finite elements in handling non-rectangular domains with the efficiency and conceptual simplicity of an alternating direction time-stepping scheme. Various time step splitting options are explored. The resulting algorithm appears to have both the accuracy and the efficiency necessary for routine application to 3-D problems of practical significance.
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Frind, E.O. (1984). The Principal Direction Technique for Advective-Dispersive Transport Simulation in Three Dimensions. In: Laible, J.P., Brebbia, C.A., Gray, W., Pinder, G. (eds) Finite Elements in Water Resources. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-11744-6_31
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