A new VOF-based numerical scheme for the simulation of fluid flow with free surface. Part I: New free surface-tracking algorithm and its verification

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 765-790

  Kim, Min Soo ^a   Lee, Woo Il ^b  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Baby cell; Fixed grid system; Fractional step method; Free surface; Orientation vector; Volume of fluid (VOF) method

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUXES; VOLUME MEASUREMENT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GRID SYSTEMS;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ALGORITHM; FLUID FLOW; FREE SURFACE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; TRACKING;

EID: 0042202702     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.553     Document Type: Article

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