An arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method for simulating bubble growth in polymer foaming

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 2229-2249

  Yue, Pengtao ^a   Feng, James J ^a   Bertelo, Christopher A ^b   Hu, Howard H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ARKEMA INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Film drainage; Finite elements; Free surface problem; Interfacial flows; Moving mesh; Oldroyd B fluids; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAPILLARITY; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FILM GROWTH; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIQUID FILMS; MESH GENERATION; POLYMER MELTS; STRAIN HARDENING;

ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN METHOD; BUBBLE GROWTH; FILM DRAINAGE; FINITE ELEMENT; FREE SURFACE PROBLEMS; INTERFACE ALGORITHM; INTERFACIAL FLOWS; MOVING MESH; OLDROYD-B FLUID; SHARP INTERFACE;

VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 34548691849     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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