Title
A penalization method for the simulation of bubbly flows.
Abstract
This work is devoted to the development of a penalization method for the simulation of bubbly flows. Spherical bubbles are considered as moving penalized obstacles interacting with the fluid and a numerical method for ensuring the shear free condition at the liquid–bubble interface is proposed. Three test-cases (curved channel, inclined channel and 3D translating bubble) are used to validate the accuracy of the discretization ensuring the slip condition at the interface. Numerical simulations of a rising bubble in a quiescent liquid are performed for moderate Reynolds numbers. Considering bubble terminal velocities, initial accelerations and wake decay, the effect of the penalization viscosity used to ensure a uniform velocity in the penalized object is discussed. Finally, simulations of bubble swarms have been carried out in a fully periodic box with a large range of void fractions from 1% to 15%. The statistics provided by the simulations characterizing the bubble-induced agitation are found in remarkable agreement with the experiments.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1016/j.jcp.2018.07.042
Journal of Computational Physics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Bubbly flows,Penalization method,Shear free condition,Bubble induced agitation
Discretization,Wake,Reynolds number,Shear (sheet metal),Mathematical analysis,Slip (materials science),Viscosity,Numerical analysis,Mathematics,Bubble
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
374
0021-9991
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
6
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Antoine Morente100.34
Jérôme Laviéville200.34
Dominique Legendre3173.14