Unstructured un-split geometrical volume-of-fluid methods–a review

T Marić, DB Kothe, D Bothe - Journal of Computational Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Geometrical Volume-of-Fluid (VoF) methods mainly support structured meshes, and
only a small number of contributions in the scientific literature report results with unstructured …

A computational framework for conservative, three-dimensional, unsplit, geometric transport with application to the volume-of-fluid (VOF) method

M Owkes, O Desjardins - Journal of Computational Physics, 2014 - Elsevier
In this work, a novel computational framework for calculating convection fluxes is developed
and employed in the context of the piecewise linear interface calculation (PLIC) volume-of …

On the combined effects of surface tension force calculation and interface advection on spurious currents within volume of fluid and level set frameworks

T Abadie, J Aubin, D Legendre - Journal of Computational Physics, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the comparison of Eulerian methods to take into account the capillary
contribution in the vicinity of a fluid–fluid interface. Eulerian methods are well-known to …

An improved multiscale Eulerian–Lagrangian method for simulation of atomization process

D Zuzio, JL Estivalèzes, B DiPierro - Computers & Fluids, 2018 - Elsevier
The physics of atomization process involve many spatial scales, generating a wide variety of
liquid inclusions of different sizes with large density and viscosity ratios between liquid and …

[HTML][HTML] A coupled level set and volume of fluid method for automotive exterior water management applications

M Dianat, M Skarysz, A Garmory - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2017 - Elsevier
Motivated by the need for practical, high fidelity, simulation of water over surface features of
road vehicles a Coupled Level Set Volume of Fluid (CLSVOF) method has been …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical modeling and investigation of boiling phenomena

C Kunkelmann - 2011 - tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de
The subject of the present thesis is the numerical modeling and investigation of boiling
phenomena. The heat transfer during boiling is highly efficient and therefore used for many …

A coupled level set and volume of fluid method with multi-directional advection algorithms for two-phase flows with and without phase change

BM Ningegowda, B Premachandran - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract A Coupled Level Set and Volume of Fluid (CLSVOF) interface capturing method
using a multi-dimensional advection algorithm for non-uniform grids has been developed for …

A new efficient momentum preserving Level-Set/VOF method for high density and momentum ratio incompressible two-phase flows

D Zuzio, A Orazzo, JL Estivalèzes, I Lagrange - Journal of Computational …, 2020 - Elsevier
Many two-phase flows relevant to natural and industrial applications are characterized by
high density ratios and high shears at the interface. These peculiarities make numerical …

A 3-D Volume-of-Fluid advection method based on cell-vertex velocities for unstructured meshes

L Jofre, O Lehmkuhl, J Castro, A Oliva - Computers & Fluids, 2014 - Elsevier
A new geometrical Volume-of-Fluid (VOF) method for capturing interfaces on three-
dimensional (3-D) Cartesian and unstructured meshes is introduced. The method …

An improved height function technique for computing interface curvature from volume fractions

J Lopez, C Zanzi, P Gomez, R Zamora, F Faura… - Computer Methods in …, 2009 - Elsevier
An improved height function technique for calculating the interface curvature from volume
fractions in three dimensions is presented. A detailed analysis of the performance of the …