A conformal decomposition finite element method for modeling stationary fluid interface problems

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 725-742

  Noble, David R ^a   Newren, Elijah P ^a   Lechman, Jeremy B ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal decomposition; Enriched finite element; Finite element; Level set; Multiphase flow; Potential flow

Indexed keywords

ENRICHED FINITE ELEMENTS; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MESHES; FLUID DOMAIN; FLUID TRANSPORT; HEAVISIDE; ILL-CONDITIONING; LEVEL SET; LEVEL SET FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL TESTS; OPTIMAL RATE; STATIONARY FLUIDS; SURFACE QUANTITIES;

FLUIDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POTENTIAL FLOW; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77953550881     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.2095     Document Type: Article

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