Coalescence of surfactant-laden drops by phase field method

G Soligo, A Roccon, A Soldati - Journal of Computational Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, we propose and test the validity of a modified Phase Field Method (PFM), which
is specifically developed for large scale simulations of turbulent flows with large and …

Coupled volume of fluid and phase field method for direct numerical simulation of insoluble surfactant-laden interfacial flows and application to rising bubbles

PK Farsoiya, S Popinet, HA Stone, L Deike - Physical Review Fluids, 2024 - APS
Improved numerical methods are needed to understand the effect of surfactants in interfacial
fluid mechanics, with various applications including thin films, inkjet printing, and ocean …

A front-tracking method for simulating interfacial flows with particles and soluble surfactants

X Shang, Z Luo, B Bai, G Hu - Journal of Computational Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
In this research, a three-dimensional model is proposed to simulate the behavior of particle-
covered droplets that contain soluble surfactant. The model includes a full two-way coupling …

An improved multiphase lattice Boltzmann flux solver for the simulation of incompressible flow with large density ratio and complex interface

L Yang, C Shu, Z Chen, G Hou, Y Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The recently developed multiphase lattice Boltzmann flux solver (MLBFS) overcomes the
limitations in the multiphase lattice Boltzmann method (MLBM), such as the coupled time …

A model for transport of interface-confined scalars and insoluble surfactants in two-phase flows

SS Jain - Journal of Computational Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, we propose a novel scalar-transport model for the simulation of scalar quantities
that are confined to the interface in two-phase flows. In a two-phase flow, the scalar …

Variational multi-scale finite element method for the two-phase flow of polymer melt filling process

X Li, JH He - International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop an effective numerical algorithm for a gas-
melt two-phase flow and use it to simulate a polymer melt filling process. Moreover, the …

Marangoni effect on the motion of a droplet covered with insoluble surfactant in a square microchannel

ZY Luo, XL Shang, BF Bai - Physics of Fluids, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Despite its significance in various applications, eg, droplet microfluidics and chemical
enhanced oil recovery, the motion of surfactant-laden droplets in non-circular microchannels …

A hybrid interface tracking–level set technique for multiphase flow with soluble surfactant

S Shin, J Chergui, D Juric, L Kahouadji… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
A formulation for soluble surfactant transport in multiphase flows recently presented by
Muradoglu and Tryggvason (JCP 274 (2014) 737–757)[17] is adapted to the context of the …

Evaluation of droplet evaporation models and the incorporation of natural convection effects

AP Pinheiro, JM Vedovoto - Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 2019 - Springer
Evaporation of fuel droplets in high temperature gas environment is of great importance in
many engineering applications. There are already several theoretical models proposed in …

A new three dimensional cumulant phase field lattice Boltzmann method to study soluble surfactant

E Kian Far, M Gorakifard, M Goraki Fard - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Surfactants play a critical role in the physics of paint and coating formulations, affecting key
rheological properties such as viscosity, yield stress, and thixotropy. This paper proposes a …