Related papers: Diffuse-Interface Blended Method for Imposing Phys…
A diffuse-interface model for microstructure with an arbitrary number of components and phases was developed from basic thermodynamic and kinetic principles and formalized within a variational framework. The model includes a composition…
The majority of available numerical algorithms for interfacial two-phase flows either treat both fluid phases as incompressible (constant density) or treat both phases as compressible (variable density). This presents a limitation for the…
A comprehensive scheme for the spatial discretisation of continuity equation, momentum advection and normal and shear stresses at the fluid interfaces is presented for numerically simulating the incompressible two phase flows based on the…
Phase field models for two-phase flow with a surfactant soluble in possibly both fluids are derived from balance equations and an energy inequality so that thermodynamic consistency is guaranteed. Via a formal asymptotic analysis, they are…
In this paper, we introduce a diffuse interface model for describing the dynamics of mixtures involving multiple (two or more) phases. The coupled hydrodynamical system is derived through an energetic variational approach. The total energy…
Based on the idea of maintaining physical diffuse interface kinetics, enhancing interfacial diffusivity has recently provided a new direction for quantitative phase-field simulation at microstructural length and time scale. Establishing a…
A two-phase, low-Mach-number flow solver is created and verified for variable-density liquid and gas with phase change. The interface is sharply captured using a split Volume-of-Fluid method generalized for a non-divergence-free liquid…
We consider a thermodynamically consistent diffuse interface model describing two-phase flows of incompressible fluids in a non-isothermal setting. This model was recently introduced in a previous paper of ours, where we proved existence of…
We present accurate and mathematically consistent formulations of a diffuse-interface model for two-phase flow problems involving rapid evaporation. The model addresses challenges including discontinuities in the density field by several…
The evolution of interfaces is intrinsic to many physical processes ranging from cavitation in fluids to recrystallization in solids. Computational modeling of interface motion entails a number of challenges, many of which are related to…
We use a diffuse interface method for solving Poisson's equation with a Dirichlet condition on an embedded curved interface. The resulting diffuse interface problem is identified as a standard Dirichlet problem on approximating regular…
The diffuse-interface model (DIM) is a tool for studying interfacial dynamics. In particular, it is used for modeling contact lines, i.e., curves where a liquid, gas, and solid are in simultaneous contact. As well as all other models of…
While various phase-field models have recently appeared for two-phase fluids with different densities, only some are known to be thermodynamically consistent, and practical stable schemes for their numerical simulation are lacking. In this…
Fluid flow applications can involve a number of coupled problems. One is the simulation of free-surface flows, which require the solution of a free-boundary problem. Within this problem, the governing equations of fluid flow are coupled…
In this paper we propose a new diffuse interface model for the numerical simulation of inviscid compressible flows around fixed and moving solid bodies of arbitrary shape. The solids are assumed to be moving rigid bodies, without any…
This study presents a novel pressure-based methodology for the efficient numerical solution of a four-equation two-phase diffuse interface model. The proposed methodology has the potential to simulate low-Mach flows with mass transfer. In…
In studies of interfaces with dynamic chemical composition, bulk and interfacial quantities coupled via surface conservation laws of excess surface quantities. While this approach is for microscopically sharp interfaces, its applicability…
The dynamics of compressible liquid-vapor flow depends sensitively on the microscale behavior at the phase boundary. We consider a sharp-interface approach, and propose a multiscale model to describe liquid-vapor flow accurately, without…
In this work, we first propose a diffuse-interface model for the freezing processes of three-phase flows in complex geometries, and the core of the model to intergratge the Navier-Stokes equations for fluid flows, a modified phase-field…
In this paper, we address the challenge of accurately calculating droplet/bubble properties (e.g., volume, number) in diffuse-interface two-phase flow simulations. Currently, flood-fill algorithms can truncate a significant portion of the…