Immersed boundary method for variable viscosity and variable density problems using fast constant-coefficient linear solvers i: Numerical method and results

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Fai, Thomas G ^a   Griffith, Boyce E ^a,b   Mori, Yoichiro ^c   Peskin, Charles S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Immersed boundary method; Red blood cells; Variable viscosity

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

CONSTANT COEFFICIENTS; CONSTANT DENSITY; FIRST ORDER; IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHODS; LINEAR SOLVER; RED BLOOD CELL; SECOND ORDERS; TESSELATION; VARIABLE DENSITY; VARIABLE VISCOSITY;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84886851925     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: 10957200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/120903038     Document Type: Article

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