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Fabrication, Operation and Flow Visualization in Surface-acoustic-wave-driven Acoustic-counterflow Microfluidics

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Liquid Waves by Computer.

F H Harlow, J P Shannon, J E Welch

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|September 3, 1965

Summary

A new fluid dynamics technique uses high-speed computers to simulate complex fluid behaviors. This method accurately models incompressible viscous fluids, including wave breaking and splashing phenomena.

Area of Science:

Fluid Dynamics
Computational Science

Background:

Simulating complex fluid behaviors, especially those involving free surfaces, presents significant computational challenges.
Understanding nonsteady motions in multiple spatial dimensions requires advanced numerical methods.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a novel numerical fluid-dynamics technique suitable for high-speed computing.
To demonstrate the technique's applicability to incompressible viscous fluid problems with nonsteady motions.

Main Methods:

Development of a numerical, fluid-dynamics technique.
Implementation on high-speed computers for efficient computation.
Application to problems involving incompressible viscous fluids in several spatial dimensions.

Main Results:

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The technique successfully handles free-surface boundary conditions.
It enables the study of waves through all phases, including breaking and splashing.
Demonstrated capability for simulating various related fluid phenomena.

Conclusions:

The described numerical technique is effective for simulating complex fluid dynamics problems.
Its ability to model free-surface phenomena opens new avenues for research in fluid mechanics.