Numerical simulation of steady planar die swell for a Newtonian fluid using the spectral element method

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 780-792

  Russo, G ^a   Phillips, T N ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Die swell problem; Free surface flow; Navier Stokes equations; Spectral element method

Indexed keywords

DIE-SWELL; FREE SURFACES; FREE-SURFACE FLOW; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SCHEME; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POLYNOMIAL ORDER; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; REYNOLDS; SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHOD; TWO-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATION; WEBER NUMBERS;

COILED TUBING; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VISCOUS FLOW;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 76949102262     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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