An efficient adaptive multigrid algorithm for predicting thin film flow on surfaces containing localised topographic features

DOI10.1016/j.compfluid.2006.08.006zbMath1194.76157OpenAlexW1985642166WikidataQ57948998 ScholiaQ57948998MaRDI QIDQ5962137

Harvey M. Thompson, Philip H. Gaskell, Y. C. Lee

Publication date: 16 September 2010

Published in: Computers and Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/3774/1/thompsonhm2_adaptmulti-submitted.pdf

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Thin fluid films (76A20) Lubrication theory (76D08) Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Finite volume methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M12)

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Numerical studies of the fingering phenomena for the thin film equation ⋮ Two-dimensional droplet spreading over topographical substrates ⋮ Thin film flow on surfaces containing arbitrary occlusions ⋮ Geometric multigrid method for solving Poisson's equation on octree grids with irregular boundaries ⋮ Rheological effects on the levelling dynamics of thin fluid films ⋮ Inertial thin film flow on planar surfaces featuring topography ⋮ Beating capillarity in thin film flows ⋮ An adaptive moving mesh method for thin film flow equations with surface tension ⋮ Tear film dynamics on an eye-shaped domain. Part 2. Flux boundary conditions ⋮ Three-dimensional thin film and droplet flows over and past surface features with complex physics ⋮ Parallel computing as a vehicle for engineering design of complex functional surfaces ⋮ Adaptive mesh refinement for simulation of thin film flows ⋮ Modelling of droplet impacts on dry and wet surfaces using depth-averaged form ⋮ Free surface Stokes flows obstructed by multiple obstacles

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• Wesseling

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