A modified finite element method for determining equilibrium capillary surfaces of liquids with specified volumes

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 833-846

  Nigro, Nicholas J ^a   Zellmer, Benjamin P ^a   Shangguan, Dongkai ^b   Lee, Ping S ^c  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^c Rockwell Automation   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary surface; Modified finite element method; Rigid boundary

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SURFACES;

CAPILLARY SURFACES; LIQUID SOLDER DROPS; MODIFIED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RIGID BOUNDARY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CAPILLARY; EQUILIBRIUM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIQUID FLOW;

EID: 0034233614     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0363(20000730)33:6<833::AID-FLD33>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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