Improving Eulerian two-phase flow finite element approximation with discontinuous gradient pressure shape functions

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1287-1304

  Coppola Owen, A H ^a   Codina, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discontinuous gradient shape functions; Incompressible two phase flows; Level set; Stabilized finite element methods

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRADIENT METHODS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SET THEORY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DISCONTINUOUS GRADIENT SHAPE FUNCTIONS; LEVEL SET METHOD; STABILIZED FINITE ELEMENT METHODS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 29844455559     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.963     Document Type: Article

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