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In this paper, we investigate numerically a diffuse interface model for the Navier-Stokes equation with fluid-fluid interface when the fluids have different densities \cite{Lowengrub1998}. Under minor reformulation of the system, we show…
The forces generated by moving interfaces usually include the parts due to tangential stretching. We derive an evolution equation for the tangential stretching, which then forms the basis of an Eulerian formulation based on level set…
Pure advection of a conservative scalar is relevant to several applications including two-phase flow. Successful numerical schemes must capture the sharp interface between the phases while maintaining a smooth (wrinkle-free) interfacial…
Two-dimensional Stokes flow with injection and suction is investigated through a second-order, perturbative mode-coupling approach. We examine the time-dependent disturbance of an initially circular interface separating two viscous fluids,…
This report presents a low computational and cognitive complexity, stable, time accurate and adaptive method for the Navier-Stokes equations. The improved method requires a minimally intrusive modification to an existing program based on…
The conventional no-slip boundary condition leads to a non-integrable stress singularity at a moving contact line. This makes numerical simulations challenging, especially when capillary effects are essential for the dynamics of the flow.…
New finite element methods are proposed for elliptic interface problems in one and two dimensions. The main motivation is not only to get an accurate solution but also an accurate first order derivative at the interface (from each side).…
In this paper we propose a novel and general approach to design semi-implicit methods for the simulation of fluid-structure interaction problems in a fully Eulerian framework. In order to properly present the new method, we focus on the…
Three-phase multiphase flows are found in an extraordinarily large number of applications. Often those involve a liquid phase and a gas phase in addition to a third phase that consists of either liquid drops or solid particles, suspended in…
The presented research paper illustrates the development of a new methodology to solve 2-dimensional (2D) Navier-Stoke equations, which Pukhnachev proposed through introducing unknown functions in the stream and pressure functions of fluid…
The paper extends a stabilized fictitious domain finite element method initially developed for the Stokes problem to the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations coupled with a moving solid. This method presents the advantage to predict an…
Due to their wide appearance in environmental settings as well as industrial and medical applications, the Stokes-Darcy problems with different sets of interface conditions establish an active research area in the community of mathematical…
Accurate representation of interfaces and flux exchange is vital for coupled multiphysics simulations across a broad range of applications. Currently, coupling approaches are limited by the underlying discretization or to specific physical…
We consider the discretization of a stationary Stokes interface problem in a velocity-pressure formulation. The interface is described implicitly as the zero level of a scalar function as it is common in level set based methods. Hence, the…
We present an interface and geometry preserving (IGP) method for the modeling of fully Eulerian fluid-structure interaction via phase-field formulation. While the hyperbolic tangent interface profile is preserved by the time-dependent…
We propose a new unfitted finite element method for simulation of two-phase flows in presence of insoluble surfactant. The key features of the method are 1) discrete conservation of surfactant mass; 2) the possibility of having meshes that…
We show existence and uniqueness of strong solutions to a Navier-Stokes/Cahn-Hilliard type system on a given two-dimensional evolving surface in the case of different densities and a singular (logarithmic) potential. The system describes a…
A numerical framework for rigorous linear stability analysis of two-phase stratified flows of two immiscible fluids in horizontal circular pipes is presented. For the first time, three-dimensional disturbances, including those at the…
We consider the interaction between a free flowing fluid and a porous medium flow, where the free flowing fluid is described using the time dependent Stokes equations, and the porous medium flow is described using Darcy's law in the primal…
A formulation of the immersed boundary method for incompressible flow over bodies with surface slip described by the Navier boundary condition is presented. In the present method, the wall slip velocity and the boundary force are determined…