Accurate representation of surface tension using the level contour reconstruction method

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 493-516

  Shin, Seungwon ^a   Abdel Khalik, S I ^a   Daru, Virginie ^b,c   Juric, Damir ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c DYNFLUID LABORATORY   (France)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Front tracking; Multiphase flow; Numerical simulation; Parasitic currents; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; SURFACE TENSION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DYNAMIC FLOWS; EULERIAN GRIDS; FLUID FLOW CALCULATIONS; FRONT TRACKING; INTERFACE RECONSTRUCTION; LEVEL CONTOUR RECONSTRUCTION METHODS; PARASITIC CURRENT; SPECTRA'S; STATIC EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; TWO PHASES FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 13644277992     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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