Numerical simulation of two-phase flows with heat and mass transfer

Eberhard Bänsch; Steffen Basting; Rolf Krahl

doi:10.3934/dcds.2015.35.2325

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2015, Volume 35, Issue 6: 2325-2347. Doi: 10.3934/dcds.2015.35.2325

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Numerical simulation of two-phase flows with heat and mass transfer

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Received: December 31, 2013

Revised: April 30, 2014

Published: May 2017

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We present a finite element method for simulating complex free surface flow. The mathematical model and the numerical method take into account two-phase non-isothermal flow of an incompressible liquid and a gas phase, capillary forces at the interface of both fluids, Marangoni effects due to temperature variation of the interface and mass transport across the interface by evaporation/condensation. The method is applied to two examples from microgravity research, for which experimental data are available.

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Mathematics Subject Classification: 76D45, 76D05, 76T10, 65M60.

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