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The Stefan problem is a classical free-boundary problem that models phase-change processes and poses computational challenges due to its moving interface and nonlinear temperature-phase coupling. In this work, we develop a physics-informed…

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We propose a numerical approach for solving conjugate heat transfer problems using the finite volume method. This approach combines a semi-implicit scheme for fluid flow, governed by the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, with an…

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We propose a level-set approach to characterize the region occupied by the solid in Stefan problems with and without surface tension, based on their recent probabilistic reformulation. The level-set function is parameterized by a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-21 Mykhaylo Shkolnikov , H. Mete Soner , Valentin Tissot-Daguette

The volume penalty method provides a simple, efficient approach for solving the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in domains with boundaries or in the presence of moving objects. Despite the simplicity, the method is typically limited…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-02-12 David Shirokoff , Jean-Christophe Nave

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…

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Insoluble surfactants adsorbed at liquid-liquid or gas-liquid interfaces alter interfacial tension, leading to variations in the normal stress jump and generating tangential Marangoni stresses that can dramatically affect the flow dynamics.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-07-15 Zhong-Han Xue , Jacques Magnaudet , Jie Zhang

A new diffuse interface model for a two-phase flow of two incompressible fluids with different densities is introduced using methods from rational continuum mechanics. The model fulfills local and global dissipation inequalities and is also…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2010-11-03 Helmut Abels , Harald Garcke , Günther Grün

We consider a test problem for Navier-Stokes solvers based on the flow around a cylinder that exhibits chaotic behavior, to examine the behavior of various numerical methods. We choose a range of Reynolds numbers for which the flow is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-19 Henry von Wahl , L. Ridgway Scott

This work presents a unified numerical framework for simulating incompressible flows within the coupled fluid-porous-medium system and involving heat and solute transport and phase-changing process. A complete set of governing equations is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-28 Rongfu Guo , Yantao Yang

Numerical simulation of fluids plays an essential role in modeling many physical phenomena, such as weather, climate, aerodynamics and plasma physics. Fluids are well described by the Navier-Stokes equations, but solving these equations at…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-04-27 Dmitrii Kochkov , Jamie A. Smith , Ayya Alieva , Qing Wang , Michael P. Brenner , Stephan Hoyer

In this paper we consider two different Stefan problems for a semi-infinite material for the non classical heat equation with a source which depends on the heat flux at the fixed face x = 0. One of them (with constant temperature on x = 0)…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-10-17 Julieta Bollati , Maria F. Natale , Jose A. Semitiel , Domingo A. Tarzia

The computer simulation of quasistationary Stefan problem has been realized. Different representations of the Laplacian growth model are considered. The main attention has been paid for the interface dynamics represented by integro…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Andrushkiw , V. Gafiychuk , R. Zabrodsky

We present an immersed interface method for the vorticity-velocity form of the 2D Navier Stokes equations that directly addresses challenges posed by multiply connected domains, nonconvex obstacles, and the calculation of force…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-07-13 James Gabbard , Thomas Gillis , Philippe Chatelain , Wim M. van Rees

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…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Zhenlin Guo , Ping Lin , John S. Lowengrub

We study the nonlocal Stefan problem, where the phase transition is described by a nonlocal diffusion as well as the change of enthalpy functions. By using a stochastic optimization approach introduced for the local case, we construct…

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We present a space-time Cut Finite Element Method (CutFEM) for the time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations involving two immiscible incompressible fluids with different viscosities, densities, and with surface tension. The numerical method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-27 Thomas Frachon , Sara Zahedi

In this paper, we present a novel approach to model the fluid/solid interaction forces in a direct solver of the Navier-Stokes equations based on the volume of fluid interface tracking method. The key ingredient of the model is the explicit…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-16 Kyle Mahady , Shahriar Afkhami , Lou Kondic

We consider a two-phase flow of two incompressible, viscous and immiscible fluids which are separated by a sharp interface in the case of a simple phase transition. In this model the interface is no longer material and its evolution is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-01 Helmut Abels , Maximilian Moser

In this paper, we present a computationally efficient method for including fluid-solid interactions into direct numerical simulations of the Navier-Stokes equations. This method is found to be as powerful as our earlier formulation [J.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-06-22 K. Mahady , S. Afkhami , L. Kondic

This work presents a robust and efficient sharp interface immersed boundary (IBM) framework, which is applicable for all-speed flow regimes and is capable of handling arbitrarily complex bodies (stationary or moving). The work deploys an…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-01-22 Pradeep Kumar Seshadri , Ashoke De