A Study on the Flow with Interfacial Phenomena Using VOF Method

  • Baek, J.H. (Department of Mechanical gineering, POSTECH)
  • Published : 2006.10.13

Abstract

A numerical method for simulating tree surface flows including the surface tension is presented. Numerical scheme is based an a fractional-step method with a finite volume formulation and the interface between liquid and gas is tracked by Volume of Fluid (VOF) method. Piecewise Linear Interface Calculation (PLIC) method is used to reconstruct the interface and the surface tension is considered using a Continuum Surface Force (CSF) model. Several free surface flow phenomena were simulated to show its effectiveness to find such phenomena.

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