On the properties and limitations of the height function method in two-dimensional Cartesian geometry

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2010.11.029zbMath1210.65053MaRDI QIDQ630306

Ruben Scardovelli, Stéphane Zaleski, Sandro Manservisi, Giorgio Bornia, Antonio Cervone

Publication date: 17 March 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2010.11.029

zbMATH Keywords

algorithm; numerical examples; curvature; normal vector; height function; interface reconstruction; volume of fluid method; quadratic reconstruction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

65D18: Numerical aspects of computer graphics, image analysis, and computational geometry

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Uses Software

• Gerris
• SOLA-VOF

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