On reducing interface curvature computation errors in the height function technique

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 229, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4855-4868

  Lopez J ^a   Hernandez J ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Height function technique; Interface curvature; Level set method; Volume of fluid method

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS;

COMPUTATION ERRORS; DISCRETIZATION ERRORS; DISCRETIZATIONS; ERRORS CORRECTION; HEIGHT FUNCTION TECHNIQUE; HEIGHT FUNCTIONS; INTERFACE CURVATURES; LEVEL SET METHOD; VOLUME FRACTION DISTRIBUTION; VOLUME-OF-FLUID METHOD;

ERROR CORRECTION;

EID: 77952422129     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2010.03.032     Document Type: Article

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