Hybrid method for enforcing curvature related boundary...

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ABSTRACT:
An embodiment of the present invention may be a system or method for simulating the flow of a single-phase fluid flow. Markers represent a moving fluid boundary of the single-phase fluid at a first point in time. The moving fluid boundary separates a simulation space into a fluid space and a non-fluid space. The single-phase fluid inhabits the fluid space. A signed distance function is evaluated at points surrounding the moving fluid boundary based upon markers. The curvature of the moving fluid boundary based on the signed distance function is evaluated near the markers in the non-fluid space. The curvature is not evaluated at the moving fluid boundary. The velocity of the fluid is calculated based upon the curvature of the level set in the non-fluid space. Update the position of the moving fluid boundary at a second point in time based on the velocity of the fluid.

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