A free-front tracking algorithm for a control-volume-based Hele-Shaw method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 253-269

  Kietzmann, C V L ^a   Van Der Walt, J P ^a   Morsi, Y S ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Free front tracking; Hele Shaw method; Volume of fluid method

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; POLYMERS;

FREE FRONT TRACKING; HELE-SHAW METHOD; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD;

EID: 0031648591     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19980130)41:2<253::AID-NME282>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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