An Unsplit Scheme for Interface Advection in the Edge-based Interface Tracking (EBIT) Method

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Autori principali: Pan, Jieyun, Long, Tian, Scardovelli, Ruben, Zaleski, Stéphane
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author Pan, Jieyun
Long, Tian
Scardovelli, Ruben
Zaleski, Stéphane
author_facet Pan, Jieyun
Long, Tian
Scardovelli, Ruben
Zaleski, Stéphane
contents We propose an unsplit scheme for interface advection in a novel Front-Tracking method, called the Edge-Based Interface Tracking (EBIT) method. In the EBIT method, the markers are placed on the grid edges, and their connectivity is implicitly represented using a color vertex field. In our previous publications, a split scheme was used to advect the interface in the EBIT method. Although the split scheme facilitates the extension of the EBIT method to three dimensions, it also imposes some limitations. First, implementing high-order time integration methods for interface advection becomes challenging. Second, in multiscale simulations using Front-Tracking methods with a boundary layer model applied to the interface, the redistribution of physical quantities inside the boundary layer, such as a scalar concentration, along the interface becomes difficult due to the loss of correspondence between interface segments before and after each advection step, caused by the operator split. Here, we present an unsplit scheme for interface advection to enhance the capability of the EBIT method. In the unsplit scheme, a reconstruction step based on a circle fit, similar to that used in the split scheme, is performed to reposition markers on the cell edges. Furthermore, the algorithm used to update the color vertex field, which implicitly represents marker connectivity and distinguishes among ambiguous topology configurations, is modified to achieve consistent connectivity results. An EBIT method based on an unsplit scheme has been implemented in the free Basilisk platform, and validated with four kinematic test cases: translation with uniform velocity, solid body rotation, Zalesak's disk rotation, and single vortex test. The results are compared with those obtained using the original EBIT method based on a split scheme.
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spellingShingle An Unsplit Scheme for Interface Advection in the Edge-based Interface Tracking (EBIT) Method
Pan, Jieyun
Long, Tian
Scardovelli, Ruben
Zaleski, Stéphane
Fluid Dynamics
We propose an unsplit scheme for interface advection in a novel Front-Tracking method, called the Edge-Based Interface Tracking (EBIT) method. In the EBIT method, the markers are placed on the grid edges, and their connectivity is implicitly represented using a color vertex field. In our previous publications, a split scheme was used to advect the interface in the EBIT method. Although the split scheme facilitates the extension of the EBIT method to three dimensions, it also imposes some limitations. First, implementing high-order time integration methods for interface advection becomes challenging. Second, in multiscale simulations using Front-Tracking methods with a boundary layer model applied to the interface, the redistribution of physical quantities inside the boundary layer, such as a scalar concentration, along the interface becomes difficult due to the loss of correspondence between interface segments before and after each advection step, caused by the operator split. Here, we present an unsplit scheme for interface advection to enhance the capability of the EBIT method. In the unsplit scheme, a reconstruction step based on a circle fit, similar to that used in the split scheme, is performed to reposition markers on the cell edges. Furthermore, the algorithm used to update the color vertex field, which implicitly represents marker connectivity and distinguishes among ambiguous topology configurations, is modified to achieve consistent connectivity results. An EBIT method based on an unsplit scheme has been implemented in the free Basilisk platform, and validated with four kinematic test cases: translation with uniform velocity, solid body rotation, Zalesak's disk rotation, and single vortex test. The results are compared with those obtained using the original EBIT method based on a split scheme.
title An Unsplit Scheme for Interface Advection in the Edge-based Interface Tracking (EBIT) Method
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06661