Quantitative benchmark computations of two-dimensional bubble dynamics

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1259-1288

  Hysing, Shuren ^a   Turek, S ^b   Kuzmin, D ^b   Parolini, N ^c   Burman, E ^d   Ganesan, S ^e   Tobiska, L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ALE; Benchmarking; Finite element method; Level set method; Multiphase flow; Numerical simulation; Rising bubble

Indexed keywords

ALE; ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN; BENCHMARK TESTS; BREAK-UP; BUBBLE DYNAMICS; BUBBLE SHAPES; CENTER OF MASS; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; EULERIAN; FINITE-ELEMENT CODES; INDEPENDENT RESEARCH; INTERFACIAL FLOWS; LEVEL SET; LEVEL SET METHOD; LIQUID COLUMNS; LOW DENSITY; MOVING GRID; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; QUANTITATIVE VALIDATION; REFERENCE DATA; REFERENCE SOLUTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; RESEARCH GROUPS; RISE VELOCITY; RISING BUBBLE; SHAPE DEFORMATION; TEST CASE; VISCOSITY RATIOS;

BENCHMARKING; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COALESCENCE; DROP BREAKUP; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; POINT GROUPS; RESEARCH; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 70349645491     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1934     Document Type: Article

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