Free (open) boundary condition: Some experiences with viscous flow simulations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1299-1323

  Mitsoulis, Evan ^a   Malamataris, Nikolaos A ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Free (open) boundary condition (FBC, OBC); Gravity; Inertia; Newtonian fluid; Pressure dependence of viscosity; Surface tension; Viscous flow; Wall slip

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL ASPECTS; FREE (OPEN) BOUNDARY CONDITION (FBC, OBC); INERTIA; INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS; NEWTON-RAPHSON; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NONISOTHERMAL; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OUTFLOW CONDITION; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; WALL SLIP;

COMPRESSIBILITY; FLUID MECHANICS; GRAVITATION; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOUS FLOW;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 84857029724     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.2608     Document Type: Article

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