Robust computational algorithms for dynamic interface tracking in three dimensions

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2240-2256

  Glimm, James ^a   Grove, John W ^b   Li, X L ^a   Tan, D C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC INTERFACE TRACKING; FRONT TRACKING; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY;

ALGORITHMS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TOPOLOGY;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD;

EID: 0034509952     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1064827598340500     Document Type: Article

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