A coupled boundary/finite element method for the computation of magnetically and electrostatically levitated droplet shapes

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1055-1077

  Song, S P ^a   Li, B Q ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling of boundary and finite element methods; Electrostatic field; Free surface problems; Magnetic field; Weighted residuals method

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DEFORMATION; ELECTROSTATICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; PROBLEM SOLVING; VECTORS;

FREE SURFACE PROBLEMS; SURFACE DEFORMATION; WEIGHTED RESIDUAL METHODS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

DROPLET; ELECTROSTATIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD; PARTICLE LEVITATION;

EID: 0033586343     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19990320)44:8<1055::AID-NME541>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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