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Using vorticity as an indicator for the generation of optimal coarse grid distribution

Ashjari et al., 2008

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17291100928578142889
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Ashjari M
Firoozabadi B
Mahani H
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Transport in Porous Media

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An improved vorticity-based gridding technique is presented and applied to create optimal non-uniform Cartesian coarse grid for numerical simulation of two-phase flow. The optimal coarse grid distribution (OCGD) is obtained in a manner to capture variations in both …
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