A front-tracking method with Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces for studying liquid capsules enclosed by thin shells in shear flow

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 230, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3538-3555

  Le, Duc Vinh ^a   Wong, Sum Thai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Immersed boundary method; Membrane capsules; Navier Stokes equations; Red blood cells; Subdivision surfaces; Thin shell

Indexed keywords

SHEAR FLOW; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TURBULENT FLOW;

CATMULL-CLARK SUBDIVISION SURFACES; FRONT TRACKING METHOD; IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHODS; LIMIT SURFACE; MEMBRANE CAPSULES; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION; RED BLOOD CELL; SUBDIVISION SURFACES; THIN SHELLS; THIN-SHELL MODEL;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 79952450534     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2011.01.047     Document Type: Article

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