Numerical solution of transient, free surface problems in porous media

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2889-2906

  Voller, V R ^a   Peng, S ^a   Chen, Y F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite volume; Free surface; Mold filling; Numerical method; Polymer molding; Porous media

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FILLING; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MASS TRANSFER; POLYMERS; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TRANSFER MOLDING;

DEFORMING GRID SCHEMES; FINITE VOLUME SPACE DISCRETIZATION; FIXED GRID SCHEMES; MASS BALANCE CALCULATIONS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUES; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; POROUS MEDIA-FLOW THROUGH;

EID: 0030238333     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19960915)39:17<2889::AID-NME980>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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