Direct Numerical Simulations of Gas-Liquid Multiphase Flows

Grétar Tryggvason is a Professor and Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts. Ruben Scardovelli is an Associate Professor in the Dipartimento di Ingegneria Energetica, Nucleare e del Controllo Ambientale (DIENCA) of the Università degli Studi di Bologna. Stéphane Zaleski is Professor of Mechanics at the University Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) in Paris and Head of the Jean Le Rond d'Alembert Institute (CNRS UMR 7190).

• Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Fluid mechanics with interfaces; 3. Numerical solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations; 4. Advecting a fluid interface; 5. The volume-of-fluid method; 6. Advecting marker points - front tracking; 7. Surface tension; 8. Disperse bubbly flows; 9. Atomization and breakup; 10. Droplet collision, impact and splashing; 11. Extensions; Appendix A. Interfaces: description and definitions; Appendix B. Distributions on the interface; Appendix C. Cube-chopping; Appendix D. Dynamics of liquid sheets; Bibliography; Index.

"This book provides a comprehensive introduction to direct numerical simulations of multiphase flows. It is useful for researchers and graduate students in computational engineering science who are interested in the development and application of numerical simulation methods for multiphase incompressible flows." Arnold Reusken, Mathematical Reviews