Abstract
A numerical treatment is proposed to minimize the creation of unphysical, spurious currents in modeling liquid–gas slug flow using the volume of fluid-continuum surface force (VOF-CSF) method. An elongated gas slug drawn into a small circular channel initially filled with liquid is considered. To suppress spurious currents formed by numerical errors in calculation of the surface tension force at small capillary numbers (Ca
Keywords
spurious current, volume of fluid, continuum surface force, slug flow, liquid film, microchannel
Date of this Version
2015
DOI
10.1080/10407782.2014.916109
Published in:
Z. Pan, J. A. Weibel and S. V. Garimella, “Spurious Current Suppression in VOF-CSF Simulation of Slug Flow through Small Channels,” Numerical Heat Transfer A, Vol. 67, pp. 1-12, 2015.