Abstract
In immiscible two-phase flows, jumps or kinks are present in the velocity and pressure fields across the interfaces of the two fluids. The extended finite element method (XFEM) is able to reproduce such discontinuities within elements. Robust and accurate interface capturing schemes with no restrictions on the interface topology are thereby enabled. This paper investigates different enrichment schemes and time-integration schemes within the XFEM. Test cases with and without surface tension on moving or stationary meshes are studied and compared to interface tracking results when possible. A particularly useful setting is extracted which is recommended for two-phase flows. An extension of this formulation for the simulation of free-surface flows and of floating objects is proposed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3369-3390 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Journal of Computational Physics |
| Volume | 230 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 May 2011 |
Keywords
- Enrichment
- Extended finite element method
- Free-surface flows
- Two-phase flows
- XFEM
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science Applications
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)