An unstructured finite volume procedure for simulating flows with moving fronts

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 182, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 401-420

  Maliska, Clovis R ^a   De Vasconcellos, João Flávio V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Finite volume method; Mold injection; Moving fronts; Unstructured grids; Voronoi diagram

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LINEAR EQUATIONS; PRESSURE; VELOCITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

MOVING FRONTS; UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS; VORONOI DIAGRAM;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD;

FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 0034681612     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(99)00201-7     Document Type: Article

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