Finite element discretization error analysis of a surface tension force in two-phase incompressible flows

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1679-1700

  Gross, Sven ^a   Reusken, Arnold ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuum surface force technique; Finite elements; Interface; Laplace Beltrami operator; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CAPILLARITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LIQUIDS; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; STANDARDS; SURFACE ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE WAVES; TWO PHASE FLOW; WETTING;

APPROXIMATION ERRORS; APPROXIMATION METHODS; CONTINUUM SURFACE FORCE TECHNIQUE; FINITE ELEMENTS; FINITE-ELEMENT DISCRETIZATION; INTERFACE; LAPLACE-BELTRAMI OPERATOR; SHARP BOUNDS; STANDARD MODEL; SURFACE TENSION FORCES; VARIATIONAL FORMULATIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 47849088773     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/060667530     Document Type: Article

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