Numerical modeling of multiphase flows in microfluidics and micro process engineering: a review of methods and applications

M Wörner - Microfluidics and nanofluidics, 2012 - Springer
This article presents a comprehensive review of numerical methods and models for interface
resolving simulations of multiphase flows in microfluidics and micro process engineering …

Evaluating the performance of the two-phase flow solver interFoam

SS Deshpande, L Anumolu… - Computational science & …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The performance of the open source multiphase flow solver, interFoam, is evaluated in this
work. The solver is based on a modified volume of fluid (VoF) approach, which incorporates …

An interface capturing method with a continuous function: the THINC method with multi-dimensional reconstruction

S Ii, K Sugiyama, S Takeuchi, S Takagi… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
An interface capturing method with a continuous function is proposed within the framework
of the volume-of-fluid (VOF) method. Being different from the traditional VOF methods that …

Comparison between the diffuse interface and volume of fluid methods for simulating two-phase flows

S Mirjalili, CB Ivey, A Mani - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2019 - Elsevier
A wide variety of interface capturing methods have been introduced for simulating two-
phase flows throughout the years. However, there is a noticeable dearth of literature …

On coherent vortical structures in wave breaking

S Di Giorgio, S Pirozzoli, A Iafrati - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
The flow generated by the breaking of free-surface waves in a periodic domain is simulated
numerically with a gas–liquid Navier–Stokes solver. The solver relies on the volume-of-fluid …

Numerical modeling of the additive manufacturing (AM) processes of titanium alloy

Z Fan, F Liou - … alloys-towards achieving enhanced properties for …, 2012 - books.google.com
It is easy to understand why industry and, especially, aerospace engineers love titanium.
Titanium parts weigh roughly half as much as steel parts, but its strength is far greater than …

Comparison of interface capturing methods for the simulation of two-phase flow in a unified low-Mach framework

V Boniou, T Schmitt, A Vié - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a comparison of four popular interface capturing methods: the volume
of fluid (VOF), the standard level set (SLS), the accurate conservative level set (ACLS) and …

A mass-conserving volume-of-fluid method: volume tracking and droplet surface-tension in incompressible isotropic turbulence

A Baraldi, MS Dodd, A Ferrante - Computers & Fluids, 2014 - Elsevier
We have developed a volume of fluid (VoF)/projection method for simulating droplet-laden
incompressible turbulent flows with uniform density and viscosity. The method is mass …

Extension of a CLSVOF method for droplet-laden flows with a coalescence/breakup model

M Kwakkel, WP Breugem, BJ Boersma - Journal of Computational Physics, 2013 - Elsevier
A multiple marker Coupled Level-Set/Volume-of-Fluid (CLSVOF) method for droplet-laden
flows has been extended with a physical model to accommodate coalescence and breakup …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of advection schemes and surface tension model for algebraic and geometric VOF multiphase flow solvers

S Di Giorgio, S Pirozzoli, A Iafrati - Journal of Computational Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the validation and verification of numerical models for complex
multiphase flows involving immiscible fluids. Specifically, the focus is on the dynamics of the …