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We develop an entropy stable two-phase incompressible Navier--Stokes/Cahn--Hilliard discontinuous Galerkin (DG) flow solver method. The model poses the Cahn-Hilliard equation as the phase field method, a skew-symmetric form of the momentum…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-22 Juan Manzanero , Gonzalo Rubio , David A. Kopriva , Esteban Ferrer , Eusebio Valero

In this paper, we consider a two-dimensional diffuse interface model for the phase separation of an incompressible and isothermal binary fluid mixture with matched densities. This model consists of the Navier--Stokes equations, nonlinearly…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-01-09 S. Frigeri , M. Grasselli , J. Sprekels

Biomembranes and vesicles consisting of multiple phases can attain a multitude of shapes, undergoing complex shape transitions. We study a Cahn--Hilliard model on an evolving hypersurface coupled to Navier--Stokes equations on the surface…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-11-01 John W. Barrett , Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg

We present the components of a high-order accurate Navier-Stokes solver designed to simulate high-Reynolds-number stratified flows. The proposed numerical model addresses some of the numerical and computational challenges that…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-01 Nidia Reyes-Gil , Greg Thomsen , Kristopher Rowe , Peter Diamessis

A new lattice Boltzmann method for simulating multiphase flows is developed theoretically. The method is adjusted such that its continuum limit is the Navier-Stokes equation, with a driving force derived from the Cahn-Hilliard free energy.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-09-25 Jasna Zelko , Burkhard Duenweg

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-03 Veit Krause , Axel Voigt

We propose a new unfitted finite element method for simulation of two-phase flows in presence of insoluble surfactant. The key features of the method are 1) discrete conservation of surfactant mass; 2) the possibility of having meshes that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-30 Thomas Frachon , Sara Zahedi

A system of partial differential equations for a diffusion interface model is considered for the stationary motion of two macroscopically immiscible, viscous Newtonian fluids in a three-dimensional bounded domain. The governing equations…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-28 Zhilei Liang , Dehua Wang

The existence and dynamical role of particular unstable Navier-Stokes solutions (exact coherent structures) is revealed in laboratory studies of weak turbulence in a thin, electromagnetically-driven fluid layer. We find that the dynamics…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2018-08-01 Balachandra Suri , Jeffrey Tithof , Roman O. Grigoriev , Michael F. Schatz

The Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes (CHNS) partial differential equations (PDEs) provide a powerful framework for the study of the statistical mechanics and fluid dynamics of multiphase fluids. We provide an introduction to the equilibrium and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-03-14 Nadia Bihari Padhan , Rahul Pandit

Static droplets serve as fundamental benchmarks for interface-resolved simulations of two-phase flows. However, their accurate representation in phase-field models remains elusive due to persistent numerical artifacts. This work rigorously…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-08-22 Jun Lai

We carry out a stability and convergence analysis of a fully discrete scheme for the time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations resulting from combining an $H(\mathrm{div}, \Omega)$-conforming discontinuous Galerkin spatial discretization, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-22 L. Beirão da Veiga , F. Dassi , S. Gómez

We introduce a diffuse interface model describing the evolution of a mixture of two different viscous incompressible fluids of equal density. The main novelty of the present contribution consists in the fact that the effects of temperature…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-01-15 Michela Eleuteri , Elisabetta Rocca , Giulio Schimperna

The pinch-off dynamics of a liquid thread has been studied through numerical simulations and theoretical analysis. Occurring at small length scales, the pinch-off dynamics admits similarity solutions that can be classified into the Stokes…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-08-31 Fukeng Huang , Weizhu Bao , Tiezheng Qian

We construct efficient original-energy-dissipative schemes for the Navier-Stokes-Darcy model and related two-phase flows using a prediction-correction framework. A new relaxation technique is incorporated in the correction step to guarantee…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Xiaoli Li , Jie Shen , Xinhui Wang

A diffuse interface model for surfactants in multi-phase flow with three or more fluids is derived. A system of Cahn-Hilliard equations is coupled with a Navier-Stokes system and an advection-diffusion equation for the surfactant ensuring…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-30 Oliver R. A. Dunbar , Kei Fong Lam , Bjorn Stinner

Accurate simulations of ice sheet dynamics, mantle convection, lava flow, and other highly viscous free-surface flows involve solving the coupled Stokes/free-surface equations. In this paper, we theoretically analyze the stability and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-13 Igor Tominec , Lukas Lundgren , André Löfgren , Josefin Ahlkrona

A novel algorithm for the direct numerical simulation of the variable-density, low-Mach Navier-Stokes equations extending the method of Kim, Moin, and Moser (1987) for incompressible flow is presented here. A Fourier representation is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-06-22 Bryan W. Reuter , Todd A. Oliver , Robert D. Moser

We introduce a new phase field model for binary mixtures of incompressible micropolar fluids, which are among the simplest categories of fluids exhibiting internal rotations. The model fulfils local and global dissipation inequalities so…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-01 Kin Shing Chan , Baoli Hao , Kei Fong Lam , Björn Stinner

We present an anisotropic mesh adaptation procedure based on Riemannian metrics for the simulation of two-phase incompressible flows with non-matching densities. The system dynamics are governed by the Cahn-Hilliard Navier-Stokes (CHNS)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-28 Arthur Bawin , Stéphane Étienne , Cédric Béguin