An arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) formulation for free surface flows using the characteristic-based split (CBS) scheme

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1415-1428

  Nithiarasu, P ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALE method; CBS scheme; Free surface; Incompressible

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN (ALE) METHOD; CHARACTERISTIC BASED SPLIT (CBS) SCHEME; FREE SURFACE FLOW;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

FREE SURFACE FLOW; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 23844491922     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.987     Document Type: Article

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