A hybrid boundary/finite element method for simulating viscous flows and shapes of droplets in electric fields

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 293-308

  Song, S P ^a   Li, B Q ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Electric fields; Finite element method

Indexed keywords

EID: 26244456440     PISSN: 10618562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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