Approaches to Resolving and Tracking Interfaces and Discontinuties

Abstract

A review is presented of methods of modeling interfaces in numerical simulations. Interface capturing methods, in which the finest scales of the interface are resolved, and interface tracking approaches methods, in which the interface is treated as a discontinuity are discussed. Interface tracking approaches include moving-grid methods, surface tracking methods, volume tracking methods, and gradient methods. Keywords: Interface tracking; Reactive flows.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 28, 1987
Accession Number
ADA183692

Entities

People

  • Elaine Oran
  • Jay Paul Boris
  • K. J. Laskey

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Chemical Reactions
  • Classification
  • Combustion
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computers
  • Convection
  • Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Flame Propagation
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Materials
  • Physics
  • Security
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

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