A phase-field model and its numerical approximation for two-phase incompressible flows with different densities and viscosities

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1159-1179

  Shen, Jie ^a   Yang, Xiaofeng ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Navier Stokes; Phase field; Projection methods; Stability; Two phase flow; Variable density

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHASE INTERFACES; VISCOSITY;

DIFFERENT DENSITIES; MODEL APPROXIMATIONS; NAVIER STOKES; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; PHASE FIELD MODELS; PHASE FIELDS; PROJECTION METHOD; TWO PHASE; TWO PHASES FLOW; VARIABLE DENSITY;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 77953893582     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/09075860X     Document Type: Article

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