A front-tracking algorithm for accurate representation of surface tension

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 775-793

  Popinet, STÉPHANE ^a   Zaleski, STÉPHANE ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT JEAN LE ROND D ALEMBERT   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Capillary waves; Drops and bubbles; Front tracking; Interfaces; Surface tension; Surface tracking

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE; STABILITY; SURFACE TENSION;

CAPILLARY WAVE; FRONT TRACKING ALGORITHM; LAPLACE SOLUTION; PRESSURE JUMP; RAYLEIGH TAYLOR INSTABILITY;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; BUBBLE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; SURFACE TENSION;

ALGORITHM; BUBBLE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0033618513     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0363(19990730)30:6<775::aid-fld864>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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