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January 5, 2011, 02:29	About FEM methods	#1
batabek New Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 15	hi, I want to know why Finite difference schemes are mostly preferred when numerically simulating fluid dynamics instead of using Finite Element Methods(FEM). Is it computationally expensive to use a discretization schema like FEM due to their large number of discrete element requirements ?

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