A numerical method for capillarity-dominant free surface flows

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2006.06.034zbMath1216.76055OpenAlexW1996418852MaRDI QIDQ870563

Zhaoyuan Wang, Albert Y. Tong

Publication date: 13 March 2007

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2006.06.034

zbMATH Keywords

surface tensionlevel setfree surface flowsvolume-of-fluid

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15)

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Uses Software

• PROST
• RIPPLE

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