Regularization of Two-Phase Flow Models: A Comparison of Numerical and Differential Approaches

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 282-295

  Pokharna, Himanshu ^a   Mori, Michitsugu ^b   Ransom, Victor H ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DIFFERENTIAL APPROACH; DIFFERENTIAL MODELS; DISPERSION ANALYSIS; FLOW REGIMES; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL DAMPING; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; REGULARISATION; TWO-PHASE FLOW MODELLING; WAVE NUMBERS;

DAMPING;

EID: 0031191322     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1997.5695     Document Type: Article

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