A level-set continuum method for two-phase flows with insoluble surfactant

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 231, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 5897-5909

  Xu, Jian Jun ^a,c   Yang, Yin ^a,c   Lowengrub, John ^b  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Hunan Key Laboratory for Computation and Simulation in Science and Engineering   (China)

Author keywords

Continuum surface force; Droplet dynamics; Insoluble surfactant; Level set method; Surface tension; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

DROP BREAKUP; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOUS FLOW;

CONTINUUM METHOD; CONTINUUM SURFACE FORCES; DROPLET DYNAMICS; INSOLUBLE SURFACTANTS; INTERFACIAL TRANSPORT; LEVEL SET; LEVEL SET METHOD; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION; SURFACE FORCE METHOD; TWO PHASES FLOW;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 84862905212     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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