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Mohammad Reza Ansari, Nima Samkhaniani,
Volume 15, Issue 2 (4-2015)
Abstract
One of obstacles in simulation of two phase flow is parasite currents. These currents cause unphysical distortion at interface which impairs interface capturing and numerical results. In present study, two methods (using Filter and s-CLSVOF) are implemented in OpenFOAM two phase flow solver called interFoam to reduce parasite current. 3 filters are added to color function volume of fluid (CF-VOF) method. These filters reduce parasite current in different ways, one smoothes color function, one smoothes curvature and the other one compresses the interface. The original and the modified solvers are tested with a quiescent bubble bench mark to investigate the effect of each filter on parasite currents. Then optimum arrangement of filters is compared with s-CLSVOF method and interFoam. Present study shows parasite current magnitude can be reduced at least up to 50% in the modified solvers. Also, the comparison of pressure jump from numerical results and analytical result with Young-Laplace equation shows modified solvers can predict pressure jump better than original solver. The pressure jump error is reduced up to 400% in the modified solvers. Also present study shows filters have better performance than s-CLVOF method and it can be considered as a suitable substitution of coupled methods.
Sajad Khodadadi, Nima Sam Khaniani, Mofid Gorji, Davood Domiri Ganji, Mohammad Reza Ansari,
Volume 15, Issue 10 (1-2016)
Abstract
In present study, impact of single bubble on an inclined wall and its movement are investigated by applying volume of fluid method (VOF) in OpenFOAM open source cfd package using a solver called interFoam. Both phases are incompressible and surface tension between two phases is estimated by CSF method. The effect of some parameters such as contact angle, wall slope and Bond and Morton dimensionless numbers on bubble shapes and velocity are studied. The numerical results show bubble velocity along wall increases with the increase of wall slope angle. The maximum bubble velocity happens at 50 degree. Three bubble regimes are recognized and introduced in this study named as: sliding, bouncing, and zigzagging based on wall slope. The bubble regime changes from sliding to bouncing when wall slope changes from 30 to 40 degrees. In constant Morton number, increment of Bond number increases both velocity and amplitude of fluctuations. In addition, an increment of Morton number in constant Bond number, decreases velocity and amplitude of fluctuations. Moreover, by increment of Morton number, the bubble motion will change from an accelerating motion to a constant velocity condition.