Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Màquines i Motors Tèrmics
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. CREMIT - Centre de Recerca de Motors i Instal·lacions Tèrmiques
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. CTTC - Centre Tecnològic de la Transferència de Calor
2017-06-08
An Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian formulation has been posed to solve the challenging problem of the three-dimensional Taylor bubble, within a Conservative Level Set (CLS) framework. By employing a domain optimization method (i.e. the moving mesh method), smaller domains can be used to simulate rising bubbles, thus saving computational resources. As the method requires the use of open boundaries, a careful treatment of both inflow and outflow boundary conditions has been carried out. The coupled CLS - moving mesh method has been verified by means of extensive numerical tests. The challenging problem of the full three-dimensional Taylor bubble has then been thoroughly addressed, providing a detailed description of its features. The study also includes a sensitivity analyses with respect to the initial shape of the bubble, the initial volume of the bubble, the flow regime and the inclination of the channel.
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Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria mecànica::Mecànica de fluids; Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Anàlisi numèrica; Fluid mechanics; Numerical analysis; Taylor bubble; Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian formulation; Level set method; Open boundary condition; Multiphase flow; Unstructured meshes; Mecànica de fluids; Anàlisi numèrica
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009250917301264
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
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