Simulation of sharp gas-liquid interface using VOF method and adaptive grid local refinement around the interface

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 421-439

  Theodorakakos, A ^a   Bergeles, G ^b  

^a Fluid Research Company   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adaptive grid local refinement; Droplet impact; VOF

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CARTESIAN VELOCITY COMPONENTS; VOLUME OF FLUID (VOF) METHOD;

FLUIDS;

FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; FLOW FIELD; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 2542640887     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.706     Document Type: Article

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