High order numerical methods to two dimensional delta function integrals in level set methods

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 228, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4273-4290

  Wen, Xin ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Delta function integral; Error estimate; High order numerical method; Level set method

Indexed keywords

DELTA FUNCTIONS; DROP BREAKUP; HYDROGELS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; MESH GENERATION;

DELTA FUNCTION INTEGRAL; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; ERROR ESTIMATES; HIGH-ORDER; HIGH-ORDER NUMERICAL METHOD; HIGHER-ORDER; LEVEL SET METHOD; MESH CELLS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 64049085354     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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