An improved three-dimensional model for interface pressure calculations in free-surface flows

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-97

  Jafari, Ali ^a   Shirani, Ebrahim ^a,b   Ashgriz, Nasser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Continuous surface stress (CSS); Continuum surface force (CSF); Free surface flows; Spurious currents; Surface tension; Volume of fluid (VOF) method

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547552247     PISSN: 10618562     EISSN: 10290257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618560701440915     Document Type: Article

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