Comparison of methods for curvature estimation from volume fractions

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Hauptverfasser: Han, Austin, Evrard, Fabien, Desjardins, Olivier
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author Han, Austin
Evrard, Fabien
Desjardins, Olivier
author_facet Han, Austin
Evrard, Fabien
Desjardins, Olivier
contents This paper evaluates and compares the accuracy and robustness of curvature estimation methods for three-dimensional interfaces represented implicitly by discrete volume fractions on a Cartesian mesh. The height function (HF) method is compared to three paraboloid fitting methods: fitting to the piecewise linear interface reconstruction centroids (PC), fitting to the piecewise linear interface reconstruction volumetrically (PV), and volumetrically fitting (VF) the paraboloid directly to the volume fraction field. The numerical studies presented in this work find that while the curvature error from the VF method converges with second-order accuracy as with the HF method for static interfaces represented by exact volume fractions, the PV method best balances low curvature errors with low computational cost for dynamic interfaces when the interface reconstruction and advection are coupled to a two-phase Navier-Stokes solver.
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spellingShingle Comparison of methods for curvature estimation from volume fractions
Han, Austin
Evrard, Fabien
Desjardins, Olivier
Fluid Dynamics
This paper evaluates and compares the accuracy and robustness of curvature estimation methods for three-dimensional interfaces represented implicitly by discrete volume fractions on a Cartesian mesh. The height function (HF) method is compared to three paraboloid fitting methods: fitting to the piecewise linear interface reconstruction centroids (PC), fitting to the piecewise linear interface reconstruction volumetrically (PV), and volumetrically fitting (VF) the paraboloid directly to the volume fraction field. The numerical studies presented in this work find that while the curvature error from the VF method converges with second-order accuracy as with the HF method for static interfaces represented by exact volume fractions, the PV method best balances low curvature errors with low computational cost for dynamic interfaces when the interface reconstruction and advection are coupled to a two-phase Navier-Stokes solver.
title Comparison of methods for curvature estimation from volume fractions
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.08643