An adaptive mesh algorithm for evolving surfaces: simulations of drop breakup and coalescence

DOI10.1006/jcph.2001.6713zbMath1153.76382OpenAlexW1999610305MaRDI QIDQ5936487

Jerzy Bławzdziewicz, Michael Loewenberg, Vittorio Cristini

Publication date: 2 July 2001

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

Full work available at URL: http://purl.umn.edu/3619

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stokes and related (Oseen, etc.) flows (76D07) Boundary element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M15) Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10)

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