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An immersed-boundary method for the incompressible Navier--Stokes equations is presented. It employs discrete forcing for a sharp discrimination of the solid-fluid interface, and achieves second-order accuracy, demonstrated in examples with…
We develop a general methodology for the inclusion of variable surface tension into a Volume-of-Fluid based Navier-Stokes solver. This new numerical model provides a robust and accurate method for computing the surface gradients directly by…
We present a sharp collocated projection method for solving the immiscible, two-phase Navier-Stokes equations in two- and three-dimensions. Our method is built using non-graded adaptive quadtree and octree grids, where all of the fluid…
Modelling interfacial dynamics with soluble surfactants in a multiphase system is a challenging task. Here, we consider the numerical approximation of a phase-field surfactant model with fluid flow. The nonlinearly coupled model consists of…
Fluid flows are omnipresent in nature and engineering disciplines. The reliable computation of fluids has been a long-lasting challenge due to nonlinear interactions over multiple spatio-temporal scales. The compressible Navier-Stokes…
A range of optimization cases of two-dimensional Stefan problems, solved using a tracking-type cost-functional, is presented. A level set method is used to capture the interface between the liquid and solid phases and an immersed boundary…
Advancements in computational fluid mechanics have largely relied on Newtonian frameworks, particularly through the direct simulation of Navier-Stokes equations. In this work, we propose an alternative computational framework that employs…
We investigate interfacial fluid dynamics and heat transfer at nanoscales using an improved diffuse interface approach for liquid-vapor interfaces in non-equilibrium. Conventional Navier-Stokes-Korteweg (NSK) formulations often fail to…
Numerical calculations of the 2-D steady incompressible driven cavity flow are presented. The Navier-Stokes equations in streamfunction and vorticity formulation are solved numerically using a fine uniform grid mesh of 601x601. The steady…
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…
The numerical modelling of convection dominated high density ratio two-phase flow poses several challenges, amongst which is resolving the relatively thin shear layer at the interface. To this end we propose a sharp discretisation of the…
Interfaces between two fluids are ubiquitous and of special importance for industrial applications, e.g., stabilisation of emulsions. The dynamics of fluid-fluid interfaces is difficult to study because these interfaces are usually…
In this paper we develop a conservative sharp-interface method dedicated to simulating multiple compressible fluids. Numerical treatments for a cut cell shared by more than two materials are proposed. First, we simplify the interface…
When numerically computing high Reynolds number cavity flow, it is known that by formulating the Navier-Stokes equations using the stream function and vorticity as unknown functions, it is possible to reproduce finer flow structures.…
In this paper, we have used the QUICK scheme of the finite volume method to investigate the problem of steady 2-D free convective incompressible flow with heat and mass transfer in an inclined rectangular domain at different Rayleigh…
Based on the thermodynamic variation, we rigorously derive the sharp-interface model for solid-state dewetting on a flat substrate in the form of cylindrical symmetry. The governing equations for the model belong to fourth-order geometric…
Surfactants reside at the interface of two-phase flows and significantly influence the flow dynamics. Numerical simulations are essential for a comprehensive understanding of such surfactant-laden flows and require a method that can…
We consider surface finite elements and a semi-implicit time stepping scheme to simulate fluid deformable surfaces. Such surfaces are modeled by incompressible surface Navier-Stokes equations with bending forces. Here, we consider closed…
The capillary time-step constraint is the dominant limitation on the applicable time-step in many simulations of interfacial flows with surface tension and, consequently, governs the execution time of these simulations. We propose a…
We consider the incompressible flow of two immiscible fluids in the presence of a solid phase that undergoes changes in time due to precipitation and dissolution effects. Based on a seminal sharp interface model a phase field approach is…