A Level Set Approach for the Numerical Simulation of Dendritic Growth

Journal of Scientific Computing

Volumn 19, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 183-199

  Gibou, Frédéric ^a   Fedkiw, Ronald ^b   Caflisch, Russel ^c   Osher, Stanley ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic growth; Ghost fluid method; Interfaces; Level set method; Poisson equation

Indexed keywords

DENDRITIC GROWTH; GHOST FLUID METHODS; LEVEL SET METHODS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOLIDIFICATION; TOPOLOGY;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

EID: 0042164092     PISSN: 08857474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025399807998     Document Type: Article

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