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Numerical Model for Flows Including a Solid Body by Level Set Method

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Computational Fluid Dynamics 2002
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We propose a numerical method to capture and track complex moving boundaries advected in flows. Our method is based on the level set method, but it overcomes the the problem of accumulation of re-initialization error in the level set method. The method can capture the shape of the solid body well.

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Yokoi, K. (2003). Numerical Model for Flows Including a Solid Body by Level Set Method. In: Armfield, S.W., Morgan, P., Srinivas, K. (eds) Computational Fluid Dynamics 2002. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59334-5_14

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