A fourth-order accurate curvature computation in a level set framework for two-phase flows subjected to surface tension forces

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2015.11.014zbMath1349.76053MaRDI QIDQ2374965

Stéphane Glockner, Mathieu Coquerelle

Publication date: 5 December 2016

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2015.11.014

zbMATH Keywords

two-phase flow; surface tension; level set method; continuum surface force; closest point method; spurious currents; balanced force algorithm; curvature computation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76D05: Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids

76Txx: Multiphase and multicomponent flows

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Uses Software

• Gerris
• MUMPS

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