Vortex blob methods applied to interfacial motion

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 233-258

  Baker, Gregory R ^a   Beale, J Thomas ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary integral method; Fluid interfaces; Rayleigh Taylor instability; Vortex blob; Vortex sheet

Indexed keywords

LIQUEFIED GASES; PHASE INTERFACES; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; X RAY MICROSCOPES;

BLOB SIZE; BOUNDARY INTEGRAL METHODS; FLUID INTERFACE; HIGH-ORDER; INCOMPRESSIBLE INVISCID FLUIDS; INTERFACIAL MOTIONS; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITIES; REGULARISATION; VORTEX BLOB; VORTEX SHEET;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 1942475399     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2003.10.023     Document Type: Article

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