A balanced-force algorithm for continuous and sharp interfacial surface tension models within a volume tracking framework

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2005.08.004zbMath1137.76465OpenAlexW2026253355MaRDI QIDQ2490304

Sharen J. Cummins, E. D. Dendy, Douglas B. Kothe, Matthew W. Williams, James M. Sicilian, Marianne M. Francois

Publication date: 28 April 2006

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2005.08.004

zbMATH Keywords

Surface tension Incompressible flow Ghost fluid method Multiphase flow Curvatures Volume-of-fluid Continuum surface force Drop dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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