A coupled volume-of-fluid and level set method based on multi-dimensional advection for unstructured triangular meshes. (2nd February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cao, Zhizhu; Sun, Dongliang; Wei, Jinjia; Yu, Bo
• Is Part Of: Chemical engineering science. Volume 176(2018)
• Page Start: 560
• Page End: 579
• Publication Date: 2018-02-02
• Subjects: Two phase flows -- VOSET -- Multi-dimensional advection algorithm -- Unstructured triangular meshes; Chemical engineering -- Periodicals; Génie chimique -- Périodiques; Chemical engineering; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 660
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2017.11.013
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0009-2509

Abstract

Highlights: An unstructured VOSET method is proposed to solve the two-phase flows. The volume fraction is evolved by a multi-dimensional advection algorithm. The level set function is calculated by an iterative geometric operation. The superiority of VOSET is verified by three numerical experiments. VOSET combines the advantages of VOF and LS. Abstract: This paper presents a coupled volume-of-fluid and level set (VOSET) method for unstructured triangular meshes to simulate incompressible two phase flows. In the method, a multi-dimensional advection algorithm, which includes 11 different cases for computing volume fluxes across cell faces, is proposed for the evolution of the volume fraction. An iterative geometric operation is presented to calculate the level set function. Thus, both advantages of volume-of-fluid (VOF) and level set (LS) methods are preserved in this unstructured VOSET method. Finally, the feasibility and accuracy of the current method are validated by three classical test cases – static drop, dam break, Rayleigh-Taylor instability problems. The current simulation results show good agreement with the experimental and numerical results in the literature.