Delta function approximations in level set methods by distance function extension

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 229, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2199-2219

  Zahedi, Sara ^a   Tornberg, Anna Karin ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consistent approximations; Delta function; Discretization; Distance function; Level set method

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DROP BREAKUP; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CONSISTENT APPROXIMATION; DISCRETIZATIONS; DISTANCE FUNCTIONS; FUNCTIONS APPROXIMATIONS; LEVEL SET METHOD; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; SIMPLE++; SINGULAR SOURCES; SOURCE TERMS;

DELTA FUNCTIONS;

EID: 73649126152     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2009.11.030     Document Type: Article

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