A level set method coupled with a volume of fluid method for modeling of gas-liquid interface in bubbly flow

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 132, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Nichita, Bogdan A ^a   Zun, Iztok ^a   Thome, John R ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bubbles; FLUENT; Level set; Multiphase flow; Numerical analysis; Volume of fluid

Indexed keywords

BELONG TO; BUBBLES; BUBBLY FLOW; CARTESIANS; CFD CODES; CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; COUPLING EFFECT; EULER METHOD; FIRST-ORDER; FLUENT; GAS-LIQUID INTERFACE; INTERFACIAL DEFORMATIONS; LEVEL SET; LEVEL SET FUNCTIONS; LEVEL SET METHOD; LEVEL SETS; MOMENTUM EQUATION; MORTON NUMBERS; NUMERICAL ERRORS; PARASITIC CURRENT; REINITIALIZATION; SCALAR FUNCTION; SPATIAL DERIVATIVES; TEST CASE; TIME INTEGRATION; TIME STEP; USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD; VOLUME OF FLUIDS; WEIGHTED ESSENTIALLY NONOSCILLATORY SCHEME;

LIQUIDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARALLEL FLOW; PHASE INTERFACES; SET THEORY; SURFACE TENSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77956699996     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002166     Document Type: Article

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