A volume of fluid method based on multidimensional advection and spline interface reconstruction

  • Authors:

  • J. López;J. Hernández;P. Gómez;F. Faura

  • Affiliations:

  • Dept. de Ingeniería de Materiales y Fabricación, ETSII, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, E-30202 Cartagena, Spain;Dept. de Mecánica, ETSII, UNED, E-28040 Madrid, Spain;Dept. de Mecánica, ETSII, UNED, E-28040 Madrid, Spain;Dept. de Ingeniería de Materiales y Fabricación, ETSII, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, E-30202 Cartagena, Spain

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

A new volume of fluid method for tracking two-dimensional interfaces is presented. The method involves a multidimensional advection algorithm based on the use of edge-matched flux polygons to integrate the volume fraction evolution equation, and a spline-based reconstruction algorithm. The accuracy and efficiency of the proposed method are analyzed using different tests, and the results are compared with those obtained recently by other authors. Despite its simplicity, the proposed method represents a significant improvement, and compares favorably with other volume of fluid methods as regards the accuracy and efficiency of both the advection and reconstruction steps.