An arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) method for interfacial flows with insoluble surfactants

Fluid Dynamics and Materials Processing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-95

  Yang, Xiaofeng ^a   James, Ashley J ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE); Interfacial flow; Level set; Surfactant; Unstructured grid; Volume of fluid (VOF)

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF STATE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SURFACE TENSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN-EULERIAN; INTERFACIAL FLOW; LEVEL SET METHOD; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; VOLUME OF FLUID;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 34249784826     PISSN: 1555256X     EISSN: 15552578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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