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Mesh Update Techniques for Free-Surface Flow Solvers Using Spectral Element Method

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This paper presents a novel mesh-update technique for unsteady free-surface Newtonian flows using spectral element method and relying on the arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian kinematic description for moving the grid. Selected results showing compatibility of this mesh-update technique with spectral element method are given

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    Roland Bouffanais & Michel O. Deville

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Bouffanais, R., Deville, M.O. Mesh Update Techniques for Free-Surface Flow Solvers Using Spectral Element Method. J Sci Comput 27, 137–149 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-005-9050-z

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