Regularized vortex sheet evolution in three dimensions

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 520-545

  Brady, M ^a   Leonard, A ^a   Pullin, D I ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advancing front; Kelvin Helmholtz instability; Lagrangian; Vortex dynamics

Indexed keywords

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MESH GENERATION; VORTEX FLOW;

ADVANCING FRONT; CONSTANT DENSITY; INTERPOLATING FUNCTIONS; IRROTATIONAL; KELVIN- HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; LAGRANGIAN; SHEET SURFACE; THREE DIMENSIONS; VORTEX DYNAMICS; VORTEX SHEET;

INTERPOLATION;

EID: 0032209622     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1998.5998     Document Type: Article

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