Parallel solution of three-dimensional Marangoni flow in liquid bridges

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 911-935

  Lappa, M ^a   Savino, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluid dynamic instability; Navier Stokes equations; Parallel computers

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT CONVECTION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

LIQUID BRIDGES; MESSAGE PASSING INTERFACES (MPI); SIMPLIFIED MARKER AND CELL (SMAC) METHOD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MARANGONI FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATOR; INSTABILITY; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

COMPUTER SYSTEM; INSTABILITY; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0033619705     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19991130)31:6<911::AID-FLD905>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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