A parallel overset-curvilinear-immersed boundary framework for simulating complex 3D incompressible flows

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-96

  Borazjani, Iman ^a   Ge, Liang ^b   Le, Trung ^c   Sotiropoulos, Fotis ^c,d  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimera; Curvilinear; Fish; Heart valve; Immersed boundary; Left ventricle; Overset; Parallel computing

Indexed keywords

CHIMERA; CURVILINEAR; HEART VALVES; IMMERSED BOUNDARY; LEFT VENTRICLES; OVERSET;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FISH; GERMANIUM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; INTERPOLATION; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 84875764633     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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