Simulations of 2D and 3D thermocapillary flows by a least-squares finite element method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 983-1007

  Tang, Li Q ^a,b   Wright, Jamie L ^a,c   Tsang, Tate T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL   (United States)

^c Dow Corning Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THERMOCAPILLARY FLOW;

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

FLUID FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

FLUID FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0032582866     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19981030)28:6<983::AID-FLD757>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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