A Lattice Boltzmann Scheme for Incompressible Multiphase Flow and Its Application in Simulation of Rayleigh-Taylor Instability

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 642-663

  He, Xiaoyi ^a   Chen, Shiyi ^a   Zhang, Raoyang ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SURFACE SEGREGATION; X RAY MICROSCOPES; X RAY SCATTERING;

DISTRIBUTION-FUNCTIONS; FLOW BASED; FLUID-FLOW; INCOMPRESSIBLE LIMIT; INTERFACIAL DYNAMICS; ITS APPLICATIONS; LATTICE-BOLTZMANN SCHEME; NEARLY INCOMPRESSIBLE; PHASE SURFACE; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITIES;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 0347963841     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1999.6257     Document Type: Article

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