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A fractional volume of fluid method for free boundary dynamics

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Seventh International Conference on Numerical Methods in Fluid Dynamics

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 141))

This work was supported by the, Electric Power Research Institute under contract RP-965-3, and in part by the Office of Naval Research, contract NA-onr-6-75, NR 062-455, with the cooperation of the U. S. Department of Energy.

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  1. Theoretical Division, Group T-3, University of California Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 87545, Los Alamos, NM

    B. D. Nichols, C. W. Hirt & R. S. Hotchkiss

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Nichols, B.D., Hirt, C.W., Hotchkiss, R.S. (1981). A fractional volume of fluid method for free boundary dynamics. In: Reynolds, W.C., MacCormack, R.W. (eds) Seventh International Conference on Numerical Methods in Fluid Dynamics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 141. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-10694-4_46

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