Consistent projection methods for variable density incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with continuous surface forces on a rectangular collocated mesh

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 228, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 6938-6956

  Ni, Ming Jiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Consistent projection method; Divergence free velocity; Pressure gradient; Surface tension; Variable density Navier Stokes equations

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MESH GENERATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOUS FLOW;

CELL CENTERS; CONSISTENT PROJECTION METHOD; CONTINUOUS SURFACE; DIVERGENCE FREE; DIVERGENCE-FREE VELOCITY; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION; PROJECTION METHOD; SURFACE FORCES; VARIABLE DENSITY; VARIABLE DENSITY NAVI-STOKE EQUATION;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 67849135877     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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