Efficient simulation of non-classical liquid-vapour phase-transition flows: a method of fundamental solutions

DOI10.1017/JFM.2021.405zbMATH Open1495.76088arXiv2106.04807OpenAlexW3168289012MaRDI QIDQ4997906FDOQ4997906

Authors: A. S. Rana, Sonu Saini, Suman Chakraborty, D. A. Lockerby, J. E. Sprittles 

Publication date: 30 June 2021

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Classical continuum-based liquid vapour phase-change models typically assume continuity of temperature at phase interfaces along with a relation which describes the rate of evaporation at the interface (Hertz-Knudsen-Schrage, for example). However, for phase transitions processes at small scales, such as the evaporation of nanodroplets, the assumption that the temperature is continuous across the liquid-vapour interface leads to significant inaccuracies (McGaughey & Ward 2002; Rana et al. 2019), as may the adoption of classical constitutive relations that lead to the Navier-Stokes-Fourier equations (NSF). In this article, to capture the notable effects of rarefaction at small scales, we adopt an extended continuum-based approach utilizing the coupled constitutive relations (CCR). In CCR theory, additional terms are invoked in the constitutive relations of NSF equations originating from the arguments of irreversible thermodynamics as well as consistent with kinetic theory of gases. The modelling approach allows us to derive new fundamental solutions for the linearised CCR model and to develop a numerical framework based upon the method of fundamental solutions (MFS) and enables threedimensional multiphase micro-flow simulations to be performed at remarkably low computational cost. The new framework is benchmarked against classical results and then explored as an efficient tool for solving three-dimensional phase-change events involving droplets.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.04807

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zbMATH Keywords

kinetic gas theoryNavier-Stokes-Fourier equationsnon-continuum effectinterface evaporation ratesmall scale rarefaction effect

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Liquid-gas two-phase flows, bubbly flows (76T10) Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics (76P05) Stefan problems, phase changes, etc. (80A22) Fundamental solutions, Green's function methods, etc. for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M80) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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