In this paper, a rational Bézier surface is proposed as a uniform approach to modeling all three types of molecular surfaces (MS): the van der Waals surface (vdWS), solvent accessible surface (SAS) and solvent excluded surface (SES). Each molecular surface can be divided into molecular patches, which can be defined by their boundary arcs. The solution consists of three steps: topology modeling,...

We present a set of interactive, free-form editing operators for direct manipulation of level-set models. The mathematics, algorithms and techniques needed to implement numerous level-set modeling capabilities have been developed. The operators have been combined with an OpenGL interface and the VISPACK level-set library to create a preliminary interactive level-set modeling system. VISPACK’s n...

wall-jet flow is an important flow field in hydraulic engineering, and its applications include flow from the bottom outlet of dams and sluice gates. in this paper, the plane turbulent wall jet in shallow tailwater is simulated by solving the reynolds averaged navier-stokes equations using the standard  turbulence closure model. this study aims to explore the ability of a time splitting method ...

free surface sloshing of liquid in a rectangular tank induced by lateral excitation has been studied numericallyand experimentally in this paper. the numerical simulation is carried out based on the volume of fluid (vof) method that provides free surface extraction in such problem. a tank with transparent walls is used to free surface tracking in experimental study while the movement amplitude ...

in this study, we investigated the effects of osmotic process with or without ultrasound on solid gain (sg) and water loss (wl) of cranberries. response surface methodology was used to model and determine the optimum processing conditions for wl and sg during osmotic dehydration of samples. sucrose (40-60%) and salt (0-8%) concentrations, temperature (30-50°c) and frequency of ultrasound (0-130...

An adaptive finite element method for solving incompressible steady-state free surfaces flow problems, driven by surface tension, is presented. Eulerian free surface capturing, the pseudo-concentration technique, is used to locate interfaces. This approach adds a transport equation to the Navier-Stokes equations. This system of equations is solved in a coupled manner using stabilized finite ele...

in recent years, many different methods have been developed to simulate free surface flows coupled with moving bodies. in this paper, for simulating ship maneuver, vof method (cicsam) and also for coupling velocity field and pressure a fractional step method are used. to increase simulation accuracy, the mesh size should be significantly fine. unfortunately, fine grid causes increase in simulat...