Parallelization of an Euler-Lagrange model using mixed domain decomposition and a mirror domain technique: Application to dispersed gas-liquid two-phase flow

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 216-248

  Darmana, D ^a   Deen, N G ^a   Kuipers, J A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Coalescence model; Collision model; Computational fluid dynamics; Direct bubble bubble interaction; Discrete bubble model; Four way coupling; Parallel computation

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MIRRORS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; POISSON EQUATION; TWO PHASE FLOW; WEBSITES;

BUBBLE-BUBBLE INTERACTION; COALESCENCE MODELING; COLLISION MODELING; DIRECT BUBBLE-BUBBLE INTERACTION; DISCRETE BUBBLE MODELING; DOMAIN TECHNIQUE; EULER-LAGRANGE MODELS; FOUR-WAY COUPLINGS; PARALLEL COMPUTATION; PARALLELIZATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 33750902595     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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