A moving mesh method for the solution of the one-dimensional phase-field equations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 526-544

  Mackenzie, J A ^a   Robertson, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive method; Equidistribution; Moving meshes; Phase change; Phase field

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS;

ADAPTIVE METHODS; EQUIDISTRIBUTION; MOVING MESH; MOVING MESH METHOD; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE CHANGE PROBLEM; PHASE FIELD EQUATION; PHASE FIELDS;

MESH GENERATION;

EID: 0037144945     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.2002.7140     Document Type: Article

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