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In this paper, a fractional step lattice Boltzmann method is proposed to model two-phase flows with large density differences by solving Cahn-Hilliard phase-field equation and the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations.In order to maintain…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-12-07 Chunhua Zhang , Zhaoli Guo , Yibao Li

In this article, we propose a novel conservative diffuse-interface method for the simulation of immiscible compressible two-phase flows. The proposed method discretely conserves the mass of each phase, momentum and total energy of the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-06-11 Suhas S. Jain , Ali Mani , Parviz Moin

In this paper, we focus on modeling and simulation of two-phase flow with moving contact lines and variable density. A thermodynamically consistent phase-field model with General Navier Boundary Condition is developed based on the concept…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-29 Lingyue Shen , Huaxiong Huang , Ping Lin , Zilong Song , Shixin Xu

An existing phase-field model of two immiscible fluids with a single soluble surfactant present is discussed in detail. We analyze the well-posedness of the model and provide strong evidence that it is mathematically ill-posed for a large…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-03-20 Stefan Engblom , Minh Do-Quang , Gustav Amberg , Anna-Karin Tornberg

Based on a rigorous thermodynamic framework, this work develops a two-fluid magnetohydrodynamic model grounded in the Helmholtz free energy formalism. The model maintains full thermodynamic consistency by simultaneously satisfying energy…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-11-07 Ting Xiao , Qiaolin He

We report on simulations of two-phase flows with deforming interfaces at various density contrasts by solving thermodynamically consistent Cahn-Hilliard Navier-Stokes equations. An (essentially) unconditionally energy-stable…

We present a thermodynamically consistent phase-field model for simulating fluid transport across semi-permeable membranes, with a particular focus on osmotic pressure effects. The model extends the classical Navier-Stokes-Cahn-Hilliard…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-06-16 Ruihan Guo , Jie Shen , Shixin Xu , Xianmin Xu

In this paper we propose a mathematical model of phase separation for a quasi-incompressible binary mixture where the spinodal decomposition is induced by an heat flux governed by the Cattaneo-Maxwell equation. As usual, the phase…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-06-04 A. Berti , I. Bochicchio , M. Fabrizio

We investigate a diffuse-interface model that describes the dynamics of incompressible two-phase viscous flows with surfactant. The resulting system of partial differential equations consists of a sixth-order Cahn-Hilliard equation for the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-28 Andrea Di Primio , Maurizio Grasselli , Hao Wu

In this paper we present a mathematical model to describe the phenomenon of phase separation, which is modelled as space regions where an order parameter changes smoothly. The model proposed, including thermal and mixing effects, is deduced…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-02-08 Alessia Berti , Ivana Bochicchio

The paper addresses a two-temperature model for simulating compressible two-phase flow taking into account diffusion processes related to the heat conduction and viscosity of the phases. This model is reduced from the two-phase…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-27 Chao Zhang , Igor Menshov , Lifeng Wang , Zhijun Shen

We derive a continuum sharp-interface model for moving contact lines with soluble surfactants in a thermodynamically consistent framework. The model consists of the isothermal two-phase incompressible Navier-Stokes equations for the fluid…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-08-11 Quan Zhao , Weiqing Ren , Zhen Zhang

Phase-field methods have long been used to model the flow of immiscible fluids. Their ability to naturally capture interface topological changes is widely recognized, but their accuracy in simulating flows of real fluids in practical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-06-10 Baofang Song , Carlos Plana , Jose M. Lopez , Marc Avila

In this paper a generalization of the Cahn-Hilliard theory of binary liquids is presented for multi-component incompressible liquid mixtures. First, a thermodynamically consistent convection-diffusion type dynamics is derived on the basis…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-02-03 Gyula I. Toth , Mojdeh Zarifi , Bjorn Kvamme

The coupled Cahn-Hilliard and Navier-Stokes (CH-NS) equations provide a powerful framework for modeling multiphase flows with diffuse interfaces, enabling simulations of droplet breakup, bubble dynamics, and hydrodynamic instabilities.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-09-03 Sukriti Manna , Constantine M Megaridis , Subramanian KRS Sankaranarayanan

We revisit the sharp-interface continuum thermodynamics of two-phase multicomponent fluid systems, accounting for partial mass and partial momentum balances both in the bulk phases and on the interface. This allows to describe the transfer…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-02-21 Dieter Bothe

Two-phase flow of two Newtonian incompressible viscous fluids with a soluble surfactant and different densities of the fluids can be modeled within the diffuse interface approach. We consider a Navier-Stokes/Cahn-Hilliard type system…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-10-10 Helmut Abels , Harald Garcke , Josef Weber

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-08-15 Helmut Abels , Harald Garcke , Andrea Poiatti

This paper is concerned with a diffuse interface model called as Navier-Stokes/Cahn-Hilliard system. This model is usually used to describe the motion of immiscible two-phase flow with diffusion interface. For the periodic boundary value…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-09-06 Yazhou Chen , Hakho Hong , Xiaoding Shi

A phase-field model for three-phase flows is established by combining the Navier-Stokes (NS) and the energy equations, with the Allen-Cahn (AC) and Cahn-Hilliard (CH) equations and is demonstrated analytically to satisfy the energy…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-12-24 Zhihua Wang , Lijing Zhou , Wenqiang Zhang , Xiaorong Wang , Shuguang Li , Xuerui Mao