Direct numerical simulation of variable surface tension flows using a volume-of-fluid method

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2017.10.008zbMath1375.76051arXiv1703.00327OpenAlexW2594247242MaRDI QIDQ1683869

Shahriar Afkhami, Ivana Seric, Lou Kondic

Publication date: 1 December 2017

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.00327

zbMATH Keywords

direct numerical simulationsurface tensionvolume-of-fluid methodMarangoni effectsurface gradientheight function method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Capillarity (surface tension) for incompressible viscous fluids (76D45)

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Uses Software

• Gerris

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