A time-stepping scheme involving constant coefficient matrices for phase-field simulations of two-phase incompressible flows with large density ratios

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 231, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 5788-5804

  Dong, S ^a   Shen, J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cahn Hilliard equation; Large density ratio; Phase field approach; Spectral element method; Time stepping scheme

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

CAHN-HILLIARD EQUATION; COEFFICIENT MATRIX; CONSTANT COEFFICIENTS; LARGE DENSITY RATIO; NAVIER STOKES; PHASE-FIELD APPROACHES; PHASE-FIELD SIMULATION; SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHOD; TIME-STEPPING SCHEMES; TWO PHASE;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 84862854950     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2012.04.041     Document Type: Article

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