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NASA NTRS1992

A continuum method for modeling surface tension

In the novel method presented for modeling the effects of surface tension on fluid motion, the interfaces between fluids with different, color-represented properties are finite-thickness transition regions across which the color varies continuously. A force density proportional to the surface curvature of constant color is defined at each point in the transition region; this force-density is normalized in such a way that the conventional description of surface tension on an interface is recovered when the ratio of local transition-reion thickness to local curvature radius approaches zero. The properties of the method are illustrated by computational results for 2D flows.

Brackbill, J. U.↗

NASA NTRS1984

Monte Carlo calculations of elementary particle properties

The object of this project is to calculate the masses of the elementary particles. This ambitious goal apparently is not possible using analytic methods or known approximation methods. However, it is probable that the power of a modern super computer will make at least part of the low lying mass spectrum accessible through direct numerical computation. Initial attempts by several groups at calculating this spectrum on small lattices of space time points have been very promising. Using new methods and super computers considerable progress has been made towards evaluating the mass spectrum on comparatively large lattices. Only more time and faster machines with increased storage will allow calculations of systems with guaranteed minimal boundary effects. The ideas that currently go into this calculation are outlined.

Guralnik, G. S.↗