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Mass and angular momentum loss from contact binary systems. (English) Zbl 0538.70019

Gas outflows from contact binary systems are calculated using a generalized curvilinear coordinate system and the implicit factored scheme. The former technique allows us to treat the complicated shape of the boundary of the binary system in a simple manner. The latter leads to larger integration time-steps than conventional explicit schemes and results in the efficiency of the simulation.

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70F15 Celestial mechanics
70-04 Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to mechanics of particles and systems
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