Numerical models of surface tension

S Popinet - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Numerical models of surface tension play an increasingly important role in our capacity to
understand and predict a wide range of multiphase flow problems. The accuracy and …

A depletable micro-layer model for nucleate pool boiling

Y Sato, B Niceno - Journal of Computational physics, 2015 - Elsevier
A depletable micro-layer model has been developed for the simulation of nucleate pool
boiling within the framework of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling using an …

Nucleate pool boiling simulations using the interface tracking method: Boiling regime from discrete bubble to vapor mushroom region

Y Sato, B Niceno - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017 - Elsevier
A numerical simulation method to model nucleate pool boiling from multiple nucleation sites
has been developed and applied to different boiling-water regimes, ranging from discrete …

Thermal boundary layer modelling for heat flux prediction of bubbles at saturation: A priori analysis based on fully-resolved simulations

M Grosso, G Bois, A Toutant - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents and investigates uni-directional thermal sub-layer enhancement
techniques within the context of an interface tracking method for simulating bubbly flows at …

An unstructured finite-volume level set/front tracking method for two-phase flows with large density-ratios

J Liu, T Tolle, D Bothe, T Marić - Journal of Computational Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
We extend the unstructured LEvel set/froNT tracking (LENT) method [1],[2] for handling two-
phase flows with strongly different densities (high-density ratios) by providing the theoretical …

Validating the generalized pore network model using micro-CT images of two-phase flow

AQ Raeini, J Yang, I Bondino, T Bultreys… - Transport in Porous …, 2019 - Springer
A reliable prediction of two-phase flow through porous media requires the development and
validation of models for flow across multiple length scales. The generalized network model …

Multiphase flows of N immiscible incompressible fluids: a reduction-consistent and thermodynamically-consistent formulation and associated algorithm

S Dong - Journal of Computational Physics, 2018 - Elsevier
We present a reduction-consistent and thermodynamically consistent formulation and an
associated numerical algorithm for simulating the dynamics of an isothermal mixture …

An efficient hp-adaptive strategy for a level-set ghost-fluid method

P Mossier, D Appel, AD Beck, CD Munz - Journal of Scientific Computing, 2023 - Springer
We present an hp-adaptive discretization for a sharp interface model with a level-set ghost-
fluid method to simulate compressible multiphase flows. The scheme applies an efficient p …

[HTML][HTML] Unified formulation of the momentum-weighted interpolation for collocated variable arrangements

P Bartholomew, F Denner, MH Abdol-Azis… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Momentum-weighted interpolation (MWI) is a widely used discretisation method to prevent
pressure–velocity decoupling in simulations of incompressible and low Mach number flows …

Solitary waves on falling liquid films in the inertia-dominated regime

F Denner, A Charogiannis, M Pradas… - Journal of Fluid …, 2018 - cambridge.org
We offer new insights and results on the hydrodynamics of solitary waves on inertia-
dominated falling liquid films using a combination of experimental measurements, direct …