A finite element method for free surface flows of incompressible fluids in three dimensions. Part I. Boundary fitted mesh motion

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 375-403

  Cairncross, Richard A ^a   Schunk, P Randall ^b   Baer, Thomas A ^b   Rao, Rekha R ^b   Sackinger, Phillip A ^b  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Extrusion; Finite element method; Free surface; Pseudo solid mesh motion; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CURVE FITTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

BOUNDARY FITTED MESH MOTIONS; NEWTON ITERATION METHOD; PSEUDO-SOLID MESH MOTIONS;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREE SURFACE FLOW; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREE SURFACE FLOW; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0034088174     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0363(20000615)33:3<375::AID-FLD13>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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