A level set based finite element algorithm for the simulation of dendritic growth

Computing and Visualization in Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-110

  Fried, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; TOPOLOGY;

DENDRITIC GROWTH; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; FINITE ELEMENT ALGORITHMS; NONLINEAR PROCESS; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; SELF-ORGANIZING PATTERN FORMATIONS; STEFAN PROBLEM; TOPOLOGICAL CHANGES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 19844376237     PISSN: 14329360     EISSN: 14330369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00791-004-0141-4     Document Type: Article

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