A moving mesh finite volume interface tracking method for surface tension dominated interfacial fluid flow

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-84

  Tuković, Ž ^a   Jasak, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b WIKKI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collocated finite volume method; Interface tracking; Moving polyhedral mesh; Multiphase fluid flow; OpenFOAM; PISO algorithm; Rhie Chow interpolation; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

INTERFACE TRACKING; MOVING POLYHEDRAL MESH; MULTIPHASE FLUID FLOW; OPENFOAM; PISO ALGORITHM; RHIE-CHOW INTERPOLATION;

ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLUIDS; INTERPOLATION; LAPLACE EQUATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OSCILLATING FLOW; SURFACE TENSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 84655168016     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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