A coupled VOF/embedded boundary method to model two-phase flows on arbitrary solid surfaces

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Auteurs principaux: Tavares, Mathilde, Josserand, Christophe, Limare, Alexandre, Lopez-Herrera, José-Maria, Popinet, Stéphane
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author Tavares, Mathilde
Josserand, Christophe
Limare, Alexandre
Lopez-Herrera, José-Maria
Popinet, Stéphane
author_facet Tavares, Mathilde
Josserand, Christophe
Limare, Alexandre
Lopez-Herrera, José-Maria
Popinet, Stéphane
contents We present an hybrid VOF/embedded boundary method allowing to model two-phase flows in presence of solids with arbitrary shapes. The method relies on the coupling of existing methods: a geometric Volume of fluid (VOF) method to tackle the two-phase flow and an embedded boundary method to sharply resolve arbitrary solid geometries. Coupling these approaches consistently is not trivial and we present in detail a quad/octree spatial discretization for solving the corresponding partial differential equations. Modelling contact angle dynamics is a complex physical and numerical problem. We present a Navier-slip boundary condition compatible with the present cut cell method, validated through a Taylor-Couette test case. To impose the boundary condition when the fluid-fluid interface intersects a solid surface, a geometrical contact angle approach is developed. Our method is validated for several test cases including the spreading of a droplet on a cylinder, and the equilibrium shape of a droplet on a flat or tilted plane in 2D and 3D. The temporal evolution and convergence of the droplet spreading on a flat plane is also discussed for the moving contact line given the boundary condition (Dirichlet or Navier) used. The ability of our numerical methodology to resolve contact line statics and dynamics for different solid geometries is thus demonstrated.
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spellingShingle A coupled VOF/embedded boundary method to model two-phase flows on arbitrary solid surfaces
Tavares, Mathilde
Josserand, Christophe
Limare, Alexandre
Lopez-Herrera, José-Maria
Popinet, Stéphane
Fluid Dynamics
We present an hybrid VOF/embedded boundary method allowing to model two-phase flows in presence of solids with arbitrary shapes. The method relies on the coupling of existing methods: a geometric Volume of fluid (VOF) method to tackle the two-phase flow and an embedded boundary method to sharply resolve arbitrary solid geometries. Coupling these approaches consistently is not trivial and we present in detail a quad/octree spatial discretization for solving the corresponding partial differential equations. Modelling contact angle dynamics is a complex physical and numerical problem. We present a Navier-slip boundary condition compatible with the present cut cell method, validated through a Taylor-Couette test case. To impose the boundary condition when the fluid-fluid interface intersects a solid surface, a geometrical contact angle approach is developed. Our method is validated for several test cases including the spreading of a droplet on a cylinder, and the equilibrium shape of a droplet on a flat or tilted plane in 2D and 3D. The temporal evolution and convergence of the droplet spreading on a flat plane is also discussed for the moving contact line given the boundary condition (Dirichlet or Navier) used. The ability of our numerical methodology to resolve contact line statics and dynamics for different solid geometries is thus demonstrated.
title A coupled VOF/embedded boundary method to model two-phase flows on arbitrary solid surfaces
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.10185