| ADI |
Alternating-Direction Implicit |
| ALE |
Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian |
| BiCGStab |
Bi-Conjugate Gradient-Stable Algorithm |
| CSF |
Continuum Surface Force |
| CUBISTA |
Convergent and Universally Bounded Interpolation Scheme |
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for the Treatment of Advection |
| FTM |
Front-Tracking Method |
| GAMG |
Geometric-Algebraic Multi-Grid |
| IBM |
Immersed Boundary Method |
| IFEM |
Immersed-Finite-Element Method |
| ILU |
Incomplete Lower-Upper |
| LSM |
Level-Set Method |
| MAC |
Marker-And-Cell |
| MULES |
Multidimensional Universal Limiter with Explicit Solution |
| MVP-RIA |
Multiphase Viscoelastic PLIC-RDF isoAdvector |
| OpenFOAM |
Open Source Field Operation and Manipulation |
| PFM |
Phase Field Method |
| PIMPLE |
Mixture of PISO and SIMPLE |
| PISO |
Pressure Implicit with Splitting of Operator |
| PLIC |
Piecewise Linear Interface Construction |
| RDF |
Reconstructed Distance Function |
| SIMPLE |
Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure Linked Equations |
| VOF |
Volume-Of-Fluid |
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Nomenclature
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Physical and mathematical quantities
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u
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Velocity vector |
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Density |
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p
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Pressure |
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g
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Gravity acceleration |
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Surface tension force |
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Stress tensor |
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Newtonian (Solvent) stress tensor |
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Polymeric extra-stress tensor |
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Solvent dynamic viscosity |
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Polymeric dynamic viscosity |
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Mobility parameter |
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Relaxation factor, relaxation time |
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Extensibility parameter |
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Deviatoric part of stress tensor |
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Second invariant of the deviatoric stress tensor |
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Identity tensor |
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Yield stress |
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Gordon-Schowalter derivative |
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Non-affine deformation parameter |
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Upper-convective time derivative of the polymeric extra-stress tensor |
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Conformation tensor |
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Volume fraction |
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u
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Relative velocity vector of two fluids |
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Surface tension coefficient |
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Calculated rise velocity |
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Natural logarithm of the conformation tensor |
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k
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Consistency index |
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n
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Shear-thinning exponent |
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G
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Elastic modulus of the material |
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Geometrical parameters
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W
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Domain width |
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H
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Domain height |
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d
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Initial bubble diameter |
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R
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Initial bubble radius |
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Initial bubble volume |
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Effective bubble radii |
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Non-dimensional numbers
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Archimedes number |
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Bond (Eötvös) number |
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Morton number |
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Reynolds number |
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Weissenberg number |
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Bingham number |
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Elastogravity number |
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Operators
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Gradient |
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Divergence |
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Total time derivative |
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Trace operator |
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Maximum operator |
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Transpose operator |
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Double dot product |