A numerical method for capillarity-dominant free surface flows

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 506-523

  Tong, Albert Y ^a   Wang, Zhaoyuan ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

Free surface flows; Level set; Surface tension; Volume of fluid

Indexed keywords

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CONTINUUM SURFACE FORCES; FLUID LEVEL; FREE-SURFACE FLOW; FRONT TRACKING METHOD; LEVEL SET; PRESSURE BOUNDARY METHODS; SPURIOUS CURRENTS; SURFACE FORCE METHOD; SURFACE TENSION FORCE; VOLUME OF FLUIDS;

SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 33846346630     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2006.06.034     Document Type: Article

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