An efficient finite element method for simulation of droplet spreading on a topologically rough surface

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2017.08.010zbMath1380.76042OpenAlexW2751772345MaRDI QIDQ1695349

Li Luo, Xiao-Chuan Cai, Xiao-Ping Wang

Publication date: 7 February 2018

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2017.08.010

zbMATH Keywords

parallel computingphase-field modelmass compensationtopologically rough surfaceunstructured finite element methodwetting phenomenon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10) Capillarity (surface tension) for incompressible viscous fluids (76D45) Parallel numerical computation (65Y05)

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Uses Software

• Gmsh
• PETSc
• METIS
• libMesh

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