A front-tracking method for computation of interfacial flows with soluble surfactants

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2238-2262

  Muradoglu, Metin ^a   Tryggvason, Gretar ^b  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyancy driven flow; Drop cleavage; Front tracking method; Soluble surfactant

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DROPS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; INTERFACE STATES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN FLOWS; DROP CLEAVAGE; EVOLUTION EQUATIONS; FRONT TRACKING METHOD; INCOMPRESSIBLE (NAVIER )STOKES EQUATION; INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; INTERFACIAL FLOWS; NON-LINEAR EQUATIONS; SOLUBLE SURFACTANTS; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 38049138795     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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