Sub-Hinze scale bubble production in turbulent bubble break-up

A Riviere, W Mostert, S Perrard, L Deike - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
We study bubble break-up in homogeneous and isotropic turbulence by direct numerical
simulations of the two-phase incompressible Navier–Stokes equations. We create the …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of droplet size distribution and selection of spray parameters based on the fractal theory

S Fan, S Chen, Z Wu, S Wu, Y Chen, D Liu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Using multiple parameters to represent the droplet size distribution (DSD) always leads to
various outcomes that make it hard to decide. The research combined theoretical derivation …

An attempt to predict spray characteristics at early stage of the atomization process by using surface density and curvature distribution

L Palanti, S Puggelli, L Langone, A Andreini… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nowadays, numerical simulations of atomization has reached a mature state through
interface capturing approaches. With these approaches, the liquid–gas flow with its complex …

[HTML][HTML] Breakup prediction of oscillating droplets under turbulent flow

C Deberne, V Chéron, A Poux, JCB de Motta - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Droplet and bubble breakup phenomena under turbulent flow have been widely studied for
over 70 years through theoretical, experimental and numerical approaches. Despite …

A 3D Moment of Fluid method for simulating complex turbulent multiphase flows

AA Mukundan, T Ménard, JCB De Motta, A Berlemont - Computers & Fluids, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents the moment of fluid method as a liquid/gas interface reconstruction
method coupled with a mass momentum conservative approach within the context of …

Morphology of contorted fluid structures

C Dumouchel, F Thiesset, T Ménard - International Journal of Multiphase …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multiphase flows reveal contorted fluid structures which cannot be described in terms of
drop/bubble diameter distribution. Here we use a morphological descriptor which originates …

A coupled Eulerian interface capturing and Lagrangian particle method for multiscale simulation

V Chéron, JCB de Motta, T Ménard, A Poux… - Computers & …, 2023 - Elsevier
A new Eulerian–Lagrangian coupling on a staggered fluid mesh is proposed to simulate
multiscale atomization. This coupling relies on a sharp interface capturing method (ICM) to …

Detailed numerical simulations of primary atomization of airblasted liquid sheet

AA Mukundan, T Ménard, JCB de Motta… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the primary atomization of airblasted liquid sheet using detailed
numerical simulations. The atomization of liquid sheet under airblasting conditions involve …

Accuracy and convergence of the curvature and normal vector discretizations for 3D static and dynamic front-tracking interfaces

DAK Bi, M Tavares, E Chénier, S Vincent - Journal of Computational …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, three classes of numerical methods are investigated to evaluate the mean
curvature, the unit normal vector and the surface tension on a front tracking interface …

Statistical modeling of the gas–liquid interface using geometrical variables: Toward a unified description of the disperse and separated phase flows

E Mohamed, D Florence, L Adam, M Thibault… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, we investigate an original strategy in order to derive a statistical modeling of the
interface in gas–liquid two-phase flows through geometrical variables. The contribution is …