A simple phase transition relaxation solver for liquid-vapor flows

Determining liquid-vapor phase equilibrium is often required in multiphase flow computations. Existing equilibrium solvers are either accurate but computationally expensive, or cheap but inaccurate. The present paper aims at building a fast and accurate specific phase equilibrium solver, specifically devoted to unsteady multiphase flow computations. Moreover, the solver is efficient at phase diagram bounds, where non-equilibrium pure liquid and pure gas are present. It is systematically validated against solutions based on an accurate (but expensive) solver. Its capability to deal with cavitating, evaporating and condensing two-phase flows is highlighted on severe test problems both 1D and 2D.

Alexandre Chiapolino, Pierre Boivin, Richard Saurel. A simple phase transition relaxation solver for liquid-vapor flows. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 2017, 83 (7), pp.583-605. ⟨10.1002/fld.4282⟩. ⟨hal-01359203⟩

Journal: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Date de publication: 01-01-2017

Auteurs:
  • Alexandre Chiapolino
  • Pierre Boivin
  • Richard Saurel

Digital object identifier (doi): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.4282


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