Open AccessMultiphase smoothed‐particle hydrodynamics
Author(s) -
Ritchie Benedict W.,
Thomas Peter A.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-2966
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04268.x
Subject(s) - smoothed particle hydrodynamics , physics , particle (ecology) , galaxy , mechanics , multiphase flow , classical mechanics , astrophysics , statistical physics , oceanography , geology
We adapt the smoothed‐particle hydrodynamics (SPH) technique to allow a multiphase fluid in which SPH particles of widely differing density may be freely intermixed. Applications include modelling of galaxy formation and cooling flows.