Diffuse interface methods for multiple phase materials: an energetic variational approach

DOI10.4208/NMTMA.2015.W12SIzbMATH Open1349.76759arXiv1402.5375OpenAlexW1804441173MaRDI QIDQ2991808FDOQ2991808

Authors: J. Brannick, Chun Liu, Tiezheng Qian, Huan Sun 

Publication date: 10 August 2016

Published in: Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, we introduce a diffuse interface model for describing the dynamics of mixtures involving multiple (two or more) phases. The coupled hydrodynamical system is derived through an energetic variational approach. The total energy of the system includes the kinetic energy and the mixing (interfacial) energies. The least action principle (or the principle of virtual work) is applied to derive the conservative part of the dynamics, with a focus on the reversible part of the stress tensor arising from the mixing energies. The dissipative part of the dynamics is then introduced through a dissipation function in the energy law, in line with the Onsager principle of least energy dissipation. The final system, formed by a set of coupled time-dependent partial differential equations, reflects a balance among various conservative and dissipative forces and governs the evolution of velocity and phase fields. To demonstrate the applicability of the proposed model, a few two-dimensional simulations have been carried out, including (1) the force balance at the three-phase contact line in equilibrium, (2) a rising bubble penetrating a fluid-fluid interface, and (3) a solid particle falling in a binary fluid. The effects of slip at solid surface have been examined in connection with contact line motion and a pinch-off phenomenon.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.5375

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zbMATH Keywords

multiphase flowenergetic variational approach

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M30) Three or more component flows (76T30)

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