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Axisymmetric multiphase lattice Boltzmann method

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: A lattice Boltzmann method for axisymmetric multiphase flows is presented and validated. The method is capable of accurately modeling flows with variable density. We develop the classic Shan-Chen multiphase model [Phys. Rev. E 47, 1815 (1993)] for axisymmetric flows. The model can be used to efficiently simulate single and multiphase flows. The convergence to the axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equations is demonstrated analytically by means of a Chapmann-Enskog expansion and numerically through several test cases. In particular, the model is benchmarked for its accuracy in reproducing the dynamics of the oscillations of an axially symmetric droplet and on the capillary breakup of a viscous liquid thread. Very good quantitative agreement between the numerical solutions and the analytical results is observed.

Source: Physical Review E

DOI: 10.1103/physreve.88.013309

Authors: Sudhir Srivastava, Prasad Perlekar, Jan H. M. ten Thije Boonkkamp, Nishith Verma, Federico Toschi

Institutions: J.M. Burgerscentrum, Eindhoven University of Technology, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Language: English

Topic: Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies

Subfield: Computational Mechanics

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

OpenAlex ID: W2095577650

FWCI: 6.283

Cites: 31

Cited by: 48

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