The LS-STAG method: A new immersed boundary/level-set method for the computation of incompressible viscous flows in complex moving geometries with good conservation properties

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 229, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1043-1076

  Cheny, Yoann ^a   Botella, Olivier ^a  

^a NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Complex geometries; Cut cell methods; Finite volume methods; Immersed boundary methods; Incompressible viscous flows

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYTOLOGY; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OSCILLATING CYLINDERS; OSCILLATING FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

CARTESIAN GRID; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; CUT CELL METHODS; CUT CELLS; DISCRETIZATIONS; FINITE-VOLUME METHOD; IMMERSED BOUNDARY; IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHODS; INCOMPRESSIBLE VISCOUS FLOWS; IRREGULAR BOUNDARY;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD;

EID: 72049121848     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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