Diffuse-interface methods in fluid mechanics

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 30, Issue , 1998, Pages 139-165

  Anderson, D M ^a,c   McFadden, G B ^a   Wheeler, A A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Critical phenomena; Diffuse interface; Phase field; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542786663     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.30.1.139     Document Type: Article

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