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A physical five-equation model for compressible two-fluid flow, and its numerical treatment

2009

A novel five-equation model for inviscid, non-heat-conducting, compressible two-fluid flow is derived, together with an appropriate numerical method. The model uses flow equations based on conservation laws and exchange laws only. The two fluids exchange momentum and energy, for which source terms are derived from fundamental physical laws. The Riemann invariants of the governing equations are derived, and used in the construction of an Osher-type approximate Riemann solver. A consistent finite-volume discretization of the source terms is proposed. The source terms have distinct contributions in the cell domain and at the cell faces. For the source-term evaluation at the cell faces, the Riemann solver is elegantly exploited. Numerical results are presented for shock-tube and shock-bubble-interaction problems. The resemblance with experimental results is very good. Free-surface pressure oscillations do not occur, without any precaution. The paper contributes to state of the art in computing two-fluid flows.

On a two-fluid model of two-phase compressible flows and its numerical approximation

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 2012

We consider a two-fluid model of two-phase compressible flows. First, we derive several forms of the model and of the equations of state. The governing equations in all the forms contain source terms representing the exchanges of momentum and energy between the two phases. These source terms cause unstability for standard numerical schemes. Using the above forms of equations of state, we construct a stable numerical approximation for this two-fluid model. That only the source terms cause the oscillations suggests us to minimize the effects of source terms by reducing their amount. By an algebraic operator, we transform the system to a new one which contains only one source term. Then, we discretize the source term by making use of stationary solutions. We also present many numerical tests to show that while standard numerical schemes give oscillations, our scheme is stable and numerically convergent.

A simple HLLC-type Riemann solver for compressible non-equilibrium two-phase flows

Computers & Fluids, 2015

A simple, robust and accurate HLLC-type Riemann solver for two-phase 7-equation type models is built. It involves 4 waves per phase, i.e. the three conventional rightand left-facing and contact waves, augmented by an extra "interfacial" wave. Inspired by the Discrete Equations Method (Abgrall and Saurel, 2003), this wave speed (I u) is assumed function only of the piecewise constant initial data. Therefore it is computed easily from these initial states. The same is done for the interfacial pressure I P. Interfacial variables I u and I P are thus local constants in the Riemann problem. Thanks to this property there is no difficulty to express the nonconservative system of partial differential equations in local conservative form. With the conventional HLLC wave speed estimates and the extra interfacial speed I u , the four-waves Riemann problem for each phase is solved following the same strategy as in Toro et al. (1994) for the Euler equations. As I u and I P are functions only of the Riemann problem initial data, the two-phase Riemann problem consists in two independent Riemann problems with 4 waves only. Moreover, it is shown that these solvers are entropy producing. The method is easy to code and very robust. Its accuracy is validated against exact solutions as well as experimental data.

A five equation reduced model for compressible two phase flow problems

Journal of Computational Physics, 2005

This paper studies an Eulerian diffuse interface model for the simulation of compressible multifluid and two-phase flow problems. We first show how to derive this model from a seven equation, two pressure, two velocity model of Baer-Nunziato type using an asymptotic analysis in the limit of zero relaxation time. We then study the mathematical properties of the system, the structure of the waves, the expression of the RiemannÕs invariants and the existence of a mathematical entropy. We also describe two different numerical approximation schemes for this system. The first one relies on a linearized Riemann solver while the second uses more heavily the mathematical structure of the system and relies on a linearization of the characteristic relations. Finally, we present some numerical experiments and comparisons with the results obtained by the two pressure, two velocity model as well as some test cases and comparisons with another five equation model recently proposed for interface computations between compressible fluids.

Numerical Modeling of Two-Phase Flows Using the Two-Fluid Two-Pressure Approach

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, 2004

The present paper is devoted to the computation of two-phase flows using the two-fluid approach. The overall model is hyperbolic and has no conservative form. No instantaneous local equilibrium between phases is assumed, which results in a two-velocity two-pressure model. Original closure laws for interfacial velocity and interfacial pressure are proposed. These closures allow to deal with discontinuous solutions such as shock waves and contact discontinuities without ambiguity with the definition of Rankine–Hugoniot jump relations. Each field of the convective system is investigated, providing maximum principle for the volume fraction and the positivity of densities and internal energies are ensured when focusing on the Riemann problem. Two-finite volume methods are presented, based on the Rusanov scheme and on an approximate Godunov scheme. Relaxation terms are taken into account using a fractional step method. Eventually, numerical tests illustrate the ability of both methods to ...

High order finite-volume WENO scheme for five-equation model of compressible two-fluid flow

Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 2018

High order finite-volume weighted essentially non-oscillatory (WENO) scheme is applied for solving interface-capturing five-equation model of compressible two-fluid flows in one and two-space dimensions. The model is non-conservative and the governing equations consist of three equations, namely a continuity equation, a momentum equation and an energy balance equation for the fluid mixture and the remaining two are mass and energy equations for one of the two fluids. In the last equation, the non-conservative differential source term appears which is responsible for the energy exchange between fluids. The energy exchange is only due to mechanical work. The presence of non-conservative differential source terms in the two-fluid flow model introduce difficulties in developing high order accurate numerical schemes. The proposed numerical scheme is capable to preserve non-oscillatory property near strong discontinuities and gives high order accuracy in smooth regions. Different one and two-dimensional test problems are considered to analyze efficiency and accuracy of the proposed numerical algorithms. For validation, the solutions of proposed numerical scheme are compared with the results of already available high order kinetic flux-vector splitting scheme and discontinuous Galerkin scheme.

Oscillation-Free Adaptive Simulation of Compressible Two-Fluid Flows with Different Types of Equation of State

ERCOFTAC Series, 2012

In many situations, the equations of state (EOS) found in the literature have only a limited range of validity. Besides, different types of EOS are required for different fluids of compressible multi-fluid flows. These inspire us to investigate compressible multi-fluid flows with different types of equation of state (EOS). In this paper, the oscillation-free adaptive method for compressible two-fluid flows with different types of equation of state (EOS) is proposed. By using a general form of EOS instead of solving the non-linear equation, the pressure of the mixture can be analytically calculated for compressible multi-fluid flows with different types of EOS. It is proved that it preserves the oscillation-free property across the interface. To capture the interface as fine as sharp interface, the quadrilateral-cell based adaptive mesh is employed. In this adaptive method, the cells with different levels are stored in different lists. This avoids the recursive calculation of solution of mother (non-leaf) cells. Moreover, the edges are separated stored into two lists for leaf edges and non-leaf edges respectively. Hence, there is no need to handle the handing nodes and no special treatment at the interface between the finer cell and the coarse cell. Thus, high efficiency is obtained due to these features. To examine its performance in solving the various compressible two-fluid flow problems with two different types of EOS, the interface translation and bubble shock interaction case with different types of EOS are employed. The results show that it can adaptively and accurately solve these problems and especially preserve the oscillation-free property of pressure and velocity across the material interface.

A Numerical Method for the Solution of Compressible and Incompressible Fluid Flows

1995

Numerical simulation plays nowadays an important role to predict the flow field in many situations. To design a new mechanical device involving fluid dynamics, a numerical simulation is well accepted and justified. However, many work still remains to improve the numerical methods towards a fast, accurate and stable convergence. This work presents efficiency studies to solve compressible and incompressible fluid flows using a finite-volume, explicit Runge-Kutta multistage scheme, with central spatial discretization in combination with multigrid. An extension of the methodology normally employed to solve compressible flows is used to solve incompressible flow problems. Numerical results are presented for a cylinder and the NACA 0012 airfoil for Mach-numbers ranging from 0.8 to 0.005 using the Euler equations.

Numerical solution of Navier-Stokes equations for two-dimensional viscous compressible flows

AIAA Journal, 1989

This paper shows a numerical solution for Navier-Stokes equations for well known flow phenomenon; the flow separation and the boundary layer reattaching of a double steps expansion and contraction channel. This paper discusses research variables that directly impact the ability to obtain non-circulating flow and techniques to reduce flow separation. This study shows that the separation and the circulation of the flow can be minimized and that is by injecting cross flow (90-degrees) with a magnitude of 0.2 of the inlet velocity.

A Simple Method for Compressible Multi-uid Flows

Siam Journal on Scientific Computing, 1999

A simple second order accurate and fully Eulerian numerical method is presented for the simulation of multi∞uid compressible ∞ows, governed by the stiened gas equation of state, in hydrodynamic regime. Our numerical method relies on a second order Godunov-type scheme, with approximate Riemann solver for the resolution of conservation equations, and a set of nonconservative equations. It is valid for