Stabilized edge-based finite element computation of gravity currents in lock-exchange configurations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1137-1152

  Elias, Renato N ^a   Paraizo, Paulo L B ^b   Coutinho, Alvaro L G A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Edge based data structures; Gravity currents; Stabilized finite elements

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SNOW; TECHNOLOGY;

A-DENSITY; EDGE-BASED DATA STRUCTURES; FINITE ELEMENT CODE; FINITE ELEMENT COMPUTATIONS; GRAVITY CURRENTS; GRAVITY-DRIVEN FLOWS; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; SEA BREEZES; SPECTRAL METHODS; STABILIZED FINITE ELEMENTS; STRUCTURED GRIDS;

GRAVITATION;

EID: 48549094388     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1781     Document Type: Conference Paper

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