FLIP: A method for adaptively zoned, particle-in-cell calculations of fluid in two dimensions

Journal Article · Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · J. Comput. Phys.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(86)90211-1· OSTI ID:5496383

Brackbill, J U; Ruppel, H M

A method is presented for calculating fluid flow in two dimensions using a full particle-in-cell representation on an adaptively zoned grid. The method has many interesting properties, among them an almost total absence of numerical dissipation and the ability to represent large variations in the data. The method is described using a standard formalism and its properties are illustrated by supersonic flow over a step and the interaction of a shock with a thin foil.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
• OSTI ID: 5496383
• Journal Information: J. Comput. Phys.; (United States), Vol. 65:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
FLUID FLOW
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TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
COMPUTER CODES
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
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