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The following paper presents two simulation strategies for compressible two-phase or multicomponent flows. One is a full non-equilibrium model in which the pressure and velocity are driven towards the equilibrium at interfaces by numerical…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-08-13 Rémi Abgrall , Paola Bacigaluppi , Barbara Re

This paper addresses the problem of obtaining low-order models of fluid flows for the purpose of designing robust feedback controllers. This is challenging since whilst many flows are governed by a set of nonlinear, partial…

The problem of two-phase flow in straight capillaries of polygonal cross section displays many of the dynamic characteristics of rapid interfacial motions associated with pore-scale displacements in porous media. Fluid inertia is known to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-07-03 Alexander Yelkhovsky , W. Val Pinczewski

In this paper, a thermodynamically consistent phase-field model is proposed to describe the mass transport and reaction processes of multiple species in a fluid. A key feature of this model is that reactions between different species occur…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-24 Zhaoyang Wang , Huaxiong Huang , Ping Lin , Shixin Xu

Realistic two-phase flow problems of interest often involve high $Re$ flows with high density ratios. Accurate and robust simulation of such problems requires special treatments. In this work, we present a consistent, energy-conserving…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-12-24 Shahab Mirjalili , Ali Mani

Knowledge of the underlying mechanisms of multiphase flow dynamics in porous media is crucial for optimizing subsurface engineering applications like geological carbon sequestration. However, studying the micro-mechanisms of multiphase…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-08-01 Quanwei Dai , Kang Duan , Chung-Yee Kwok

We propose a novel second order in time numerical scheme for Cahn-Hilliard-Navier- Stokes phase field model with matched density. The scheme is based on second order convex-splitting for the Cahn-Hilliard equation and pressure-projection…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-25 Daozhi Han , Xiaoming Wang

We consider an optimal control problem for a two-dimensional Navier-Stokes-Cahn-Hilliard system arising in the modeling of fluid-membrane interaction. The fluid dynamics is governed by the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, which are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-13 Andrea Signori , Hao Wu

We propose an efficient numerical method for the simulation of multi-phase flows with moving contact lines in three dimensions. The mathematical model consists of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations for the two immiscible fluids with…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-02-08 Quan Zhao , Shixin Xu , Weiqing Ren

We present a hydro-geomechanical model for subsurface methane hydrate systems. Our model considers kinetic hydrate phase change and non-isothermal, multi-phase, multi-component flow in elastically deforming soils. The model accounts for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-08-07 Shubhangi Gupta , Rainer Helmig , Barbara Wohlmuth

A highly accurate method for simulating surfactant-covered droplets in two-dimensional Stokes flow with solid boundaries is presented. The method handles both periodic channel flows of arbitrary shape and stationary solid constrictions. A…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-02 Sara Pålsson , Anna-Karin Tornberg

We present a two-phase field model and a hybrid particle-phase field model to simulate dilute colloidal sedimentation and flotation near a liquid-gas interface (or fluid-fluid interface in general). Both models are coupled to the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-10-01 Alexandra J. Hardy , Abdallah Daddi-Moussa-Ider , Elsen Tjhung

A multispecies diffuse interface model is formulated in a fluctuating hydrodynamics framework for the purpose of simulating surfactant interfaces at the nanoscale. The model generalizes previous work to ternary mixtures, employing a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-08-26 John B. Bell , Andrew Nonaka , Alejandro L. Garcia

In this paper we consider a multiscale phase-field model for capillarity-driven flows in porous media. The presented model constitutes a reduction of the conventional Navier-Stokes-Cahn-Hilliard phase-field model, valid in situations where…

We construct first- and second-order time discretization schemes for the Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes system based on the multiple scalar auxiliary variables approach (MSAV) approach for gradient systems and (rotational) pressure-correction…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-09-22 Xiaoli Li , Jie Shen

In this work, a ternary phase-field model for two-phase flows in complex geometries is proposed. In this model, one of the three components in the classical ternary Cahn-Hilliard model is considered as the solid phase, and only one…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-07-04 Chengjie Zhan , Zhenhua Chai , Baochang Shi

In this paper, we develop a novel phase-field model for fluid-structure interaction (FSI), that is capable to handle very large deformations as well as topology changes like contact of the solid to the domain boundary. The model is based on…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-05-03 Dominic Mokbel , Helmut Abels , Sebastian Aland

The Cahn-Hilliard equation with an externally-prescribed chaotic shear flow is studied in two and three dimensions. The main goal is to compare and contrast the phase separation in two and three dimensions, using high-resolution numerical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-12-23 Lennon O'Naraigh , Selma Shun , Aurore Naso

We present and analyze a variational front-tracking method for a sharp-interface model of multiphase flow. The fluid interfaces between different phases are represented by curve networks in two space dimensions (2d) or surface clusters in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg , Quan Zhao

We consider two-phase Navier--Stokes flow with a Boussinesq--Scriven surface fluid. In such a fluid the rheological behaviour at the interface includes surface viscosity effects, in addition to the classical surface tension effects. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-11-11 John W. Barrett , Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg