Particle tracking in unstructured, arbitrary polyhedral meshes for use in CFD and molecular dynamics

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-273

  Macpherson, Graham B ^a   Nordin, Niklas ^b   Weller, Henry G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCANIA CV AB   (Sweden)

^c OpenCFD Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Droplet spray; Molecular dynamics; OpenFOAM; Particle tracking; Unstrcutured mesh

Indexed keywords

3D GEOMETRIES; 3D MESHES; CAD MODELS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DISCRETE ELEMENTS; DISPERSED PARTICLES; DROPLET SPRAY; ENGINEERING FLUIDS; ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; INJECTED FUELS; MOTION OF PARTICLES; NANOSCALE FLOWS; OPENFOAM; PARALLEL COMPUTATIONS; PARTICLE TRACKING; POLYHEDRAL MESHES; REALISTIC SIMULATIONS; SMALL HOLES; UNSTRCUTURED MESH;

AD HOC NETWORKS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DROP FORMATION; ENGINES; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOFLUIDICS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; THERMOCHEMISTRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 65549143207     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: 10990887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1128     Document Type: Article

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