Cahn-Hilliard/Navier-Stokes model for the simulation of three-phase flows

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 463-483

  Boyer, F ^a   Lapuerta, C ^b   Minjeaud, S ^b   Piar, B ^b   Quintard, M ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Cahn Hilliard Navier Stokes model; Local adaptive refinement; Three phase flows

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE REFINEMENT; CAHN-HILLIARD MODEL; CAHN-HILLIARD SYSTEMS; CAPILLARY FORCE; DIFFUSE INTERFACE; DISCRETE LEVELS; ENERGY ESTIMATES; GAS BUBBLE; IMMISCIBLE COMPONENTS; INTERNAL LAYERS; LIQUID/LIQUID INTERFACE; LOCAL-ADAPTIVE; MATH MODEL; NUMERICAL APPLICATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ORIGINAL MODEL; PHASE CHANGE; PRESSURE JUMPS; STOKES MODEL; SYSTEM EVOLUTION; THREE-PHASE FLOW; TIME AND SPACE; TWO PHASIS; TWO-PHASE MODEL; VOLUME CONSERVATION;

CONTACT ANGLE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION;

PHASE INTERFACES;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHOD; SIMULATION; THREE PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77951499779     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-009-9408-z     Document Type: Article

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