Computational methods in Lagrangian and Eulerian hydrocodes
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Reconstructing volume tracking
Journal of Computational Physics
Volume-of-fluid interface tracking with smoothed surface stress methods for three-dimensional flows
Journal of Computational Physics
A geometrical area-preserving volume-of-fluid advection method
Journal of Computational Physics
Second-order accurate volume-of-fluid algorithms for tracking material interfaces
Journal of Computational Physics
A Lagrangian particle level set method
Journal of Computational Physics
Journal of Computational Physics
Reconstruction of multi-material interfaces from moment data
Journal of Computational Physics
A comparative study of interface reconstruction methods for multi-material ALE simulations
Journal of Computational Physics
Short Note: Revisit to the THINC scheme: A simple algebraic VOF algorithm
Journal of Computational Physics
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Volume-of-fluid (VOF) interface reconstruction methods are used to define material interfaces to separate different materials in a mixed cell. These material interfaces are then used to evaluate transport flux at each cell edges in multi-material hydrodynamic calculations. Most of the VOF interface reconstruction methods and volume transport schemes rely on an accurate material order unique to each computational cell. Similarly, to achieve overshoot-free volume fractions, a non-intersecting interface reconstruction procedure has to be performed with the help of a 'material-order list' determined prior to interface reconstruction. It is, however, the least explored area of VOF technique especially for 'onion-skin' or 'layered' model. Also, important technical details how to prevent intersection among different material interfaces are missing in many literature. Here, we present an efficient VOF interface tracking algorithm along with modified 'material order' methods and different interface reconstruction methods. The relative accuracy of different methods are evaluated for sample problems. Finally, a convergence study with respect to mesh-size is performed.