One time-step finite element discretization of the equation of motion of two-fluid flows

Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 680-707

  Girault, V ^a   Lopez H ^b   Maury, B ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

"Mini element"; Curved boundary; Free surface boundary conditions; Stokes system; Surface tension; Two fluid flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646265514     PISSN: 0749159X     EISSN: 10982426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/num.20117     Document Type: Article

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