Splitting schemes for a Navier-Stokes-Cahn-Hilliard model for two fluids with different densities

In this work, we focus on designing efficient numerical schemes to approximate a thermodynamically consistent Navier-Stokes/Cahn-Hilliard problem given in [3] modeling the mixture of two incompressible fluids with different densities. The model is based on a diffuse-interface phase-field approach th...

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Autores: Guillén González, Francisco Manuel, Tierra, Giordano
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:idus________::32f1c39209c6425fbf20bce94c1685f4
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/187172
https://doi.org/10.4208/jcm.1405-m4410
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Two-phase flow
Diffuse-interface phase-field
Cahn-Hilliard
Navier-Stokes
Energy stability
Variable density
Mixed finite element
Splitting scheme
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Sumario:In this work, we focus on designing efficient numerical schemes to approximate a thermodynamically consistent Navier-Stokes/Cahn-Hilliard problem given in [3] modeling the mixture of two incompressible fluids with different densities. The model is based on a diffuse-interface phase-field approach that is able to describe topological transitions like droplet coalescence or droplet break-up in a natural way. We present a splitting scheme, decoupling computations of the Navier-Stokes part from the Cahn-Hilliard one, which is unconditionally energy-stable up to the choice of the potential approximation. Some numerical experiments are carried out to validate the correctness and the accuracy of the scheme, and to study the sensitivity of the scheme with respect to different physical parameters.