A coupled SDPH–FVM method for gas‐particle multiphase flow: Methodology. (15th August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Fuzhen; Qiang, Hongfu; Zhang, Han; Gao, Weiran
• Is Part Of: International journal for numerical methods in engineering. Volume 109:Number 1(2017)
• Page Start: 73
• Page End: 101
• Publication Date: 2016-08-15
• Subjects: meshfree methods -- particle methods -- fluid–solid systems; Numerical analysis -- Periodicals; Engineering mathematics -- Periodicals; 620.001518
• DOI: 10.1002/nme.5279
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0029-5981

Abstract

Summary: This paper describes a novel methodology that combines smoothed discrete particle hydrodynamics (SDPH) and finite volume method (FVM) to enhance the effective performance in solving the problems of gas‐particle multiphase flow. To describe the collision and fluctuation of particles, this method also increases a new parameter, namely, granular temperature, according to the kinetic theory of granular flow. The coupled framework of SDPH–FVM has been established, in which the drag force and pressure gradient act on the SDPH particles and the momentum sources of drag force are added back onto the FVM mesh. The proposed technique is a coupled discrete‐continuum method based on the two‐fluid model. To compute for the discrete phase, its SDPH is developed from smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH), in which the properties of SPH are redefined with some new physical quantities added into the traditional SPH parameters, so that it is more beneficial for SDPH in representing the particle characteristics. For the continuum phase, FVM is employed to discretize the continuum flow field on a stationary grid by capturing fluid characteristics. The coupled method exhibits strong efficiency and accuracy in several two‐dimensional numerical simulations. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.