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We present the results of an experimental and numerical investigation of a turbulent flow over a backward-facing step in a channel. Experimental data are visualized using a Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) device. As a mathematical model we…
Second-order phase field models have emerged as an attractive option for capturing the advection of interfaces in two-phase flows. Prior to these, state-of-the-art models based on the Cahn-Hilliard equation, which is a fourth-order…
A phase field model for dealing with shape instabilities in fluid membrane vesicles is presented. This model takes into account the Canham-Helfrich bending energy with spontaneous curvature. A dynamic equation for the phase-field is also…
We extend the continuum theories of active nematohydrodynamics to model a two-fluid mixture with separate velocity fields for each fluid component, coupled through a viscous drag. The model is used to study an active nematic fluid, mixed…
Exact solutions are presented for a doubly-periodic array of steadily moving bubbles in a Hele-Shaw cell when surface tension is neglected. It is assumed that the bubbles either are symmetrical with respect to the channel centreline or have…
We study existence of solutions in the variational sense for a class of stochastic phase-field models describing moving boundary problems. The models consist of stochastic reaction-diffusion equations with singular diffusion forced by a…
In this paper, we introduce an interfacial profile-preserving approach for phase field modeling for simulating incompressible two-phase flows. While the advective Cahn-Hilliard equation effectively captures the topological evolution of…
The mathematical model of a steadily propagating Saffman-Taylor finger in a Hele-Shaw channel has applications to two-dimensional interacting streamer discharges which are aligned in a periodic array. In the streamer context, the relevant…
We investigate a new diffuse-interface model that describes creeping two-phase flows (i.e., flows exhibiting a low Reynolds number), especially flows that permeate a porous medium. The system of equations consists of a Brinkman equation for…
In this work, we develop an accelerated sharp-interface method based on (Hu et al., JCP, 2006) and (Luo et al., JCP, 2015) for multiphase flows simulations. Traditional multiphase simulation methods use the minimum time step of all fluids…
A phase-field method for unstructured grids that is accurate, conservative, and robust is proposed in this work. The proposed method also results in bounded transport of volume fraction, and the interface thickness adapts automatically to…
The paper is devoted to two-phase flow simulations and investigates the ability of a diffusive interface Cahn-Hilliard Volume-of-Fluid model to capture the dynamics of the air-sea interface at geophysically relevant Reynolds numbers. It…
We present a stochastic phase-field model for multicomponent lipid bilayers that explicitly accounts for the quasi-two-dimensional hydrodynamic environment unique to a thin fluid membrane immersed in aqueous solution. Dynamics over a wide…
The task of accurately locating fluid phase boundaries by means of computer simulation is hampered by problems associated with sampling both coexisting phases in a single simulation run. We explain the physical background to these problems…
In this paper, we study a hydrodynamic phase-field system modeling the deformation of functionalized membranes in incompressible viscous fluids. The governing PDE system consists of the Navier-Stokes equations coupled with a convective…
A phase-field approach to the dynamics of liquid-solid interfaces that evolve due to precipitation and/or dissolution is presented. For the purpose of illustration and comparison with other methods, phase field simulations were carried out…
We present a thermodynamically consistent phase-field model for simulating fluid transport across semi-permeable membranes, with a particular focus on osmotic pressure effects. The model extends the classical Navier-Stokes-Cahn-Hilliard…
The method of transformation optics has been a powerful tool to manipulate physical fields if governing equations are formally invariant under coordinate transformations. However, regulation of hydrodynamics is still far from satisfactory…
We develop and harness a phase field simulation method to study liquid filling on grooved surfaces. We consider both short-range and long-range liquid-solid interactions, with the latter including purely attractive and repulsive…
The modeling and simulation of two-phase flows is still an active research area, mainly when surface tension is present. One way to model the different phases is with interface capturing methods. Two well-established interface capturing…