An Eulerian Meshless Method for Two-phase Flows with Embedded Geometries

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Main Authors: Bharadwaj, Anand S, Suchde, Pratik, Nair, Prapanch
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author Bharadwaj, Anand S
Suchde, Pratik
Nair, Prapanch
author_facet Bharadwaj, Anand S
Suchde, Pratik
Nair, Prapanch
contents We present a novel Eulerian meshless method for two-phase flows with arbitrary embedded geometries. The spatial derivatives are computed using the meshless generalized finite difference method (GFDM). The sharp phase interface is tracked using a volume fraction function. The volume fraction is advected using a method based on the minimisation of a directional flux-based error. For stability, the advection terms are discretised using upwinding schemes. In the vicinity of the embedded geometries, the signed distance function is used to populate the surface of the geometries to generate a body-conforming point cloud. Consequently, the points on the boundaries participate directly in the discretisation, unlike conventional immersed-boundary methods where they are either used to calculate momentum deficit (for example, continuous forcing) or conservation losses (for example, cut-cell methods). The boundary conditions are, therefore, directly imposed at these points on the embedded geometries, opening up the possibility for a discretisation that is body-conforming and spatially varying in resolution, while retaining the consistency of the scheme. We present benchmark test cases that validate the method for two-phase flows, flows with embedded boundaries and a combination of both.
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spellingShingle An Eulerian Meshless Method for Two-phase Flows with Embedded Geometries
Bharadwaj, Anand S
Suchde, Pratik
Nair, Prapanch
Fluid Dynamics
We present a novel Eulerian meshless method for two-phase flows with arbitrary embedded geometries. The spatial derivatives are computed using the meshless generalized finite difference method (GFDM). The sharp phase interface is tracked using a volume fraction function. The volume fraction is advected using a method based on the minimisation of a directional flux-based error. For stability, the advection terms are discretised using upwinding schemes. In the vicinity of the embedded geometries, the signed distance function is used to populate the surface of the geometries to generate a body-conforming point cloud. Consequently, the points on the boundaries participate directly in the discretisation, unlike conventional immersed-boundary methods where they are either used to calculate momentum deficit (for example, continuous forcing) or conservation losses (for example, cut-cell methods). The boundary conditions are, therefore, directly imposed at these points on the embedded geometries, opening up the possibility for a discretisation that is body-conforming and spatially varying in resolution, while retaining the consistency of the scheme. We present benchmark test cases that validate the method for two-phase flows, flows with embedded boundaries and a combination of both.
title An Eulerian Meshless Method for Two-phase Flows with Embedded Geometries
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.18057