A hybrid interface tracking – level set technique for multiphase flow with soluble surfactant
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
A formulation for soluble surfactant transport in multiphase flows recently presented by Muradoglu & Tryggvason (JCP 274 (2014) 737–757) is adapted to the context of the Level Contour Reconstruction Method, LCRM, (Shin et al. IJNMF 60 (2009) 753–778) which is a hybrid method that combines the advantages of the Front-tracking and Level Set methods. Particularly close attention is paid to the formulation and numerical implementation of the surface gradients of surfactant concentration and surface tension. Various benchmark tests are performed to demonstrate the accuracy of different elements of the algorithm. To verify surfactant mass conservation, values for surfactant diffusion along the interface are compared with the exact solution for the problem of uniform expansion of a sphere. The numerical implementation of the discontinuous boundary condition for the source term in the bulk concentration is compared with the approximate solution. Surface tension forces are tested for Marangoni drop translation. Our numerical results for drop deformation in simple shear are compared with experiments and results from previous simulations. All benchmarking tests compare well with existing data thus providing confidence that the adapted LCRM formulation for surfactant advection and diffusion is accurate and effective in three-dimensional multiphase flows with a structured mesh. We also demonstrate that this approach applies easily to massively parallel simulations.
Date Issued
2018-04-15
Date Acceptance
2018-01-07
Citation
Journal of Computational Physics, 2018, 359 (1), pp.409-435
ISSN
0021-9991
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
409
End Page
435
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Computational Physics
Volume
359
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2018, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021999118300202?via%3Dihub
Grant Number
EP/K003976/1
EP/L020564/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Physics, Mathematical
Computer Science
Physics
Multiphase flow
Numerical simulation
Front-tracking method
Soluble surfactant
CONTOUR RECONSTRUCTION METHOD
INCOMPRESSIBLE 2-PHASE FLOWS
DIRECT NUMERICAL-SIMULATION
FRONT-TRACKING
INSOLUBLE SURFACTANT
DROP DEFORMATION
CONTINUUM METHOD
SHEAR-FLOW
FLUID
COMPUTATION
cs.CE
cs.CE
physics.comp-ph
Applied Mathematics
01 Mathematical Sciences
02 Physical Sciences
09 Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-01-11