The particle finite element method: A powerful tool to solve incompressible flows with free-surfaces and breaking waves

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 964-989

  Idelsohn, S R ^a   Onate, E ^b   Del Pin, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING CIMNE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breaking waves; Finite element methods; Fluid structure interactions; Fractional step; Free surfaces; Implicit time integration; Incompressible Navier Stokes equations; Lagrange formulations; Particle methods

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FLUID MECHANICS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

EXTERNAL FORCES; PARTICLE METHODS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FREE SURFACE FLOW; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; PARTICLE SEPARATION; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 6344291613     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1096     Document Type: Article

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