Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian finite element analysis of free surface flow using a velocity-vorticity formulation

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 175-201

  Lo, D C ^a   Young, D L ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian; Free surface flow; Velocity vorticity formulation

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW; VORTICITY;

ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN; ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN METHOD; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; EULERIAN FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FREE-SURFACE FLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY-VORTICITY FORMULATION; VORTICITY FIELD; VORTICITY TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

SOLITONS;

EID: 1542636255     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2003.09.019     Document Type: Article

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