水中上浮气泡动态特性研究

针对水中的上浮气泡,计入表面张力的作用,然后将气泡边界层内黏性效应分为法向和切向两部分,其中附加法向黏性应力通过Young-Laplace关系考虑;附加切向黏性力是基于黏性耗散能量等效原理,引入黏性修正压力代替.首先建立了轴对称和三维上浮气泡边界元模型,将数值结果与理论值和实验值进行对比分析,有良好的符合度,验证了数值模型的有效性;然后针对毫米量级上浮气泡的平衡速度与形态,讨论了气泡初始条件、表面张力和黏性对气泡上浮过程中动力学行为的影响;最后,提出了一种处理三维上浮气泡融合的数值方法,计算结果与实验现象符合良好,并且能够反映气泡融合后的复杂现象细节.     

上浮气泡在壁面处的弹跳特性研究

本文针对毫米量级的上浮气泡在壁面处的弹跳现象进行数值研究.基于势流方法求解气泡的运动,同时考虑气泡的表面张力作用.在伯努利方程中,对气泡与壁面之间水膜中因黏性引起的压力梯度进行修正,开发相应的计算程序,计算值与实验值符合良好.从气泡弹跳的基本现象入手,研究了特征参数对气泡弹跳过程的动态特性以及最终平衡形态的影响.发现随着泡在撞击壁面之前上浮距离增大,气泡回弹距离和弹跳周期增加,但是当上浮距离增加到一定程度后将不会影响气泡的弹跳特性;表面张力是影响气泡弹跳特性的重要因素,气泡的弹跳周期随其增大逐渐减小,但回弹距离却呈现先增后减的规律;最后,影响气泡最终平衡形态的主要因素是气泡的浮力参数与韦伯数.     

流体黏性及表面张力对气泡运动特性的影响

基于气泡边界层理论,引入黏性修正,采用边界积分法,考虑黏性效应和表面张力在单气泡以及双气泡耦合作用过程中的影响.首先将建立的数值模型与Rayleigh-Plesset的解析解进行对比,发现二者符合良好,验证了数值模型的有效性;在此基础上,建立考虑流体弱黏性效应的双气泡耦合模型,研究流体黏性和表面张力作用下,气泡表面变形、射流速度、流场能量转换等物理量的变化规律;最后研究雷诺数和韦伯数对于气泡脉动特性的影响规律.结果表明,流体黏性会抑制气泡脉动和气泡射流发展,降低气泡半径和射流速度;表面张力不改变气泡脉动幅值,但缩短了脉动周期,提升气泡势能.     

非等温非牛顿黏性流体流动问题的修正光滑粒子动力学方法模拟

为准确、有效地模拟非等温非牛顿黏性流体的流动问题,本文基于一种不含核导数计算的核梯度修正格式和不可压缩条件给出了一种改进光滑粒子动力学(SPH)离散格式,它较传统SPH离散格式具有较高精度和较好稳定性.同时,为准确地描述温度场的演化过程,建立了非牛顿黏性的SPH温度离散模型.通过对等温Poiseuille流、喷射流和非等温Couette流、4:1收缩流进行模拟,并与其他数值结果作对比,分别验证了改进SPH方法模拟非牛顿黏性流动问题的可靠性和提出的SPH温度离散模型求解非等温流动问题的有效性和准确性.随后,运用改进SPH方法结合SPH温度离散模型对环形腔和C形腔内非等温非牛顿黏性流体的充模过程进行了试探性模拟研究,分析了数值模拟的收敛性,讨论了不同位置处热流参数对温度和流动的影响.     

基于光滑粒子动力学方法的液滴冲击固壁面问题数值模拟

采用改进的光滑粒子动力学(SPH)方法对液滴冲击固壁面问题进行了数值模拟. 为了提高传统SPH方法的计算精度和数值稳定性, 在传统的SPH方法的基础上对粒子方法中的密度和核梯度进行了修正, 采用了考虑黎曼解法的SPH流体控制方程, 构造了一种新型的粒子间相互作用力(IIF)模型来模拟表面张力的影响. 应用改进的SPH方法对液滴冲击固壁面问题进行了数值模拟. 计算结果表明：新型的IIF 模型能够较好地模拟表面张力的影响, 改进的SPH方法能够精细地描述液滴与固壁面相互作用过程中液滴的内部压力场演变和自由面形态变化, 液滴的铺展因子随初始韦伯数的增大而增大, 数值模拟结果与实验得到的结果基本一致. 关键词： 液滴 固壁面 光滑粒子动力学 表面张力     

一种适用于气泡运动模拟的半隐式粒子法

粒子法完全基于拉格朗日框架求解流体的流动,可以自动追踪界面的运动,因此在多相流模拟方面具有很大的潜力。本文将移动粒子半隐式算法(MPS)扩展至多相流动,通过在两相过渡区域内定义平均的密度和黏度将MPS方法中的粒子相互作用模型扩展成为多相粒子相互作用模型。采用连续表面张力模型(CSF)将表面张力转化为体积力,采用光滑颜色函数等高线的曲率来表征界面的曲率,而光滑颜色函数的导数则通过最小二乘法拟合得到。最后,采用气泡在静止液体内的上升运动验证了本文的算法。     

光滑粒子动力学方法中粒子分布与数值稳定性分析

光滑粒子动力学(SPH)作为一种拉格朗日型无网格粒子方法,已经成功地应用于包括含多相流动界面以及移动边界的可压缩和不可压缩流体运动的研究中.通过对Poiseuille流动的深入研究,探索了SPH方法中粒子分布对计算精度的影响,揭示了一种因为粒子不规则分布而导致的数值不稳定现象.研究显示,这种数值不稳定性起源于SPH方法粒子近似过程中的不连续性.使用了一种新的粒子近似格式以确保SPH方法中粒子近似的连续性.计算结果表明,这种新的粒子近似格式对于规则和不规则的粒子分布都能得到稳定精度的结果.     

黏性液滴变形过程的核梯度修正光滑粒子动力学模拟

本文提出了一种核梯度改进光滑粒子动力学(KGC-SPH)方法,模拟了黏性液滴形变自由表面问题.首先,通过模拟等温黏性液滴拉伸和旋转变形,验证了KGC-SPH法较SPH法具有较高精度和更好稳定性,且能很好地保持总角动量守恒.其次,基于非等温van der Waals模型对平衡态圆形液滴的形成过程进行数值研究,观察到小幅度振荡现象,并给出了一种新的克服张力不稳定性的方法和一种适合KGC-SPH方法的新的表面张力处理技术.最后,研究了van der Waals液滴的周期性振荡现象,讨论了初始椭圆形液滴长短半轴比 关键词： 光滑粒子动力学 黏性液滴 van der Waals模型 表面张力     

改进粒子水平集法及其应用

针对传统粒子水平集方法的缺陷提出一种虚拟粒子对距离函数的修正方法.改进算法针对虚拟粒子与待修正网格点的各种相对位置进行误差修正,可以避免虚拟粒子在非界面法线方向移动而产生的误差.数值求解涡旋流场问题显示:改进算法的界面捕捉性能得到显著提高.在此基础上,结合投影法求解Navier-Stokes方程组,数值模拟存在高密度比(10³量级)及粘性比(10²量级)的不可压缩两相流问题(气泡上升及自由面不稳定性问题).计算结果与已有结果吻合良好,详细分析主要控制参数对瑞利-泰勒不稳定性现象的影响.     

基于PPM的界面压缩方法研究

高精度多组分分段抛物线法(Piecewise Parabolic Method,PPM)在对可压缩多相流问题进行模拟计算时,在不同组分交界面上存在界面扩散。为此,通过引入包含界面压缩和密度修正的人工界面压缩方法,抑制界面扩散现象。采用一个界面函数表示运动的物质界面,在多组分质量守恒方程和输运方程中添加考虑人工压缩和人工黏性的压缩源项,并在伪时间内采用二阶中心差分法和两步Runge-Kutta方法进行离散求解,采用Strang型分裂格式实现了整体算法的时间二阶精度。一维与二维数值模拟试验表明,结合人工界面压缩之后的PPM能有效抑制界面上数值扩散问题,在长时间的数值模拟中,人工界面压缩能够将扩散界面厚度维持在一定网格之内且保持界面形状不改变,尤其对于涉及稀疏波的问题,如激波引起的水中气泡坍塌,界面压缩效果更为显著。     

II. Recirculation flow induced by a bubble stream rising in a viscous liquid

The recirculation flow induced by the rising motion of a bubble stream in a viscous fluid within an open-top rectangular enclosure is studied. The three-dimensional volume averaged conservation equations are solved by a control-volume method using a hybrid finite differencing scheme to describe the liquid phase hydrodynamics. The momentum exhange between the bubbles and the liquid phase is modeled with a source term equals to the volumetric buoyancy force acting on the gas in the bubble stream. The volumetric buoyancy force accounts for in line interactions between bubbles through the average gas volume fraction in the gas liquid column which depends on the size and the rising velocity of bubbles. The fluid flow within an open-top rectangular enclosure is further investigated by particle image velocimetry for a bubble stream rising in a water-glycerol solution. The measured fluid velocities in a vertical plane are compared with the predictions of the numerical model over a wide range of fluid viscosity (43 mPa s-800 mPa s) and gas flow rates. Finally, the recirculation flows resulting from the interaction of two neighbouring vertical bubble streams are studied. Received: 23 July 1997 / Revised: 19 December 1997 / Accepted: 11 May 1998     

Numerical simulation of 3D bubbles rising in viscous liquids using a front tracking method

The rise of bubbles in viscous liquids is not only a very common process in many industrial applications, but also an important fundamental problem in fluid physics. An improved numerical algorithm based on the front tracking method, originally proposed by Tryggvason and his co-workers, has been validated against experiments over a wide range of intermediate Reynolds and Bond numbers using an axisymmetric model [J. Hua, J. Lou, Numerical simulation of bubble rising in viscous liquid, J. Comput. Phys. 22 (2007) 769–795]. In the current paper, this numerical algorithm is further extended to simulate 3D bubbles rising in viscous liquids with high Reynolds and Bond numbers and with large density and viscosity ratios representative of the common air–water two-phase flow system. To facilitate the 3D front tracking simulation, mesh adaptation is implemented for both the front mesh on the bubble surface and the background mesh. On the latter mesh, the governing Navier–Stokes equations for incompressible, Newtonian flow are solved in a moving reference frame attached to the rising bubble. Specifically, the equations are solved using a finite volume scheme based on the Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure-Linked Equations (SIMPLE) algorithm, and it appears to be robust even for high Reynolds numbers and high density and viscosity ratios. The 3D bubble surface is tracked explicitly using an adaptive, unstructured triangular mesh. The numerical model is integrated with the software package PARAMESH, a block-based adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) tool developed for parallel computing. PARAMESH allows background mesh adaptation as well as the solution of the governing equations in parallel on a supercomputer. Further, Peskin distribution function is applied to interpolate the variable values between the front and the background meshes. Detailed sensitivity analysis about the numerical modeling algorithm has been performed. The current model has also been applied to simulate a number of cases of 3D gas bubbles rising in viscous liquids, e.g. air bubbles rising in water. Simulation results are compared with experimental observations both in aspect of terminal bubble shapes and terminal bubble velocities. In addition, we applied this model to simulate the interaction between two bubbles rising in a liquid, which illustrated the model’s capability in predicting the interaction dynamics of rising bubbles.     

An all-speed relaxation scheme for interface flows with surface tension

We consider interface flows where compressibility and capillary forces (surface tension) are significant. These flows are described by a non-conservative, unconditionally hyperbolic multiphase model. The numerical approximation is based on finite-volume method for unstructured grids. At the discrete level, the surface tension is approximated by a volume force (CSF formulation). The interface physical properties are recovered by designing an appropriate linearized Riemann solver (Relaxation scheme) that prevents spurious oscillations near material interfaces. For low-speed flows, a preconditioning linearization is proposed and the low Mach asymptotic is formally recovered. Numerical computations, for a bubble equilibrium, converge to the required Laplace law and the dynamic of a drop, falling under gravity, is in agreement with experimental observations.     

I. Formation and rise of a bubble stream in a viscous liquid

The continuous emission of gas bubbles from a single ejection orifice immersed in a viscous fluid is considered. We first present a semi empirical model of spherical bubble growth under constant flow conditions to predict the bubble volume at the detachment stage. In a second part, we propose a physical model to describe the rise velocity of in-line interacting bubbles and we derive an expression for the net viscous force acting on the surrounding fluid. Experimental results for air/water-glycerol systems are presented for a wide range of fluid viscosity and compared with theoretical predictions. An imagery technique was used to determine the bubble size and rise velocity. The effects of fluid viscosity, gas flow rate, orifice diameter and liquid depth on the bubble stream dynamic were analyzed. We have further studied the effect of large scale recirculation flow and the influence of a neighbouring bubble stream on the bubble growth and rising velocity. Received: 23 July 1997 / Revised: 16 December 1997 / Accepted: 11 May 1998     

A lattice Boltzmann method for immiscible multiphase flow simulations using the level set method

We consider the lattice Boltzmann method for immiscible multiphase flow simulations. Classical lattice Boltzmann methods for this problem, e.g. the colour gradient method or the free energy approach, can only be applied when density and viscosity ratios are small. Moreover, they use additional fields defined on the whole domain to describe the different phases and model phase separation by special interactions at each node. In contrast, our approach simulates the flow using a single field and separates the fluid phases by a free moving interface. The scheme is based on the lattice Boltzmann method and uses the level set method to compute the evolution of the interface. To couple the fluid phases, we develop new boundary conditions which realise the macroscopic jump conditions at the interface and incorporate surface tension in the lattice Boltzmann framework. Various simulations are presented to validate the numerical scheme, e.g. two-phase channel flows, the Young–Laplace law for a bubble and viscous fingering in a Hele-Shaw cell. The results show that the method is feasible over a wide range of density and viscosity differences.     

相同尺度下气泡与复杂壁面的耦合特性研究

采用格子Boltzmann方法(LBM)建立了气液固三相耦合的动力学模型,研究了相同尺度下上浮气泡与复杂壁面的相互耦合作用.首先,基于黏性流体理论,通过构建一组格子Boltzmann(LB)方程来描述气液两相的运动,并以LB离散体积力的形式计入了黏性力、表面张力和重力.同时,采用LBM中的Half-way反弹模型与有限差分格式相结合的方式进行固壁边界的处理.然后,利用本文建立的模型,对不同特征尺寸比条件下,气泡与考虑边缘效应的平面固壁和曲面固壁的耦合特性进行了研究.研究发现固壁边界条件以及特征尺寸比对气泡的运动和拓扑结构的变化都具有明显的非线性影响.最后,研究了流体属性对气泡与复杂壁面耦合规律的影响.     

Effect of static pressure on acoustic energy radiated by cavitation bubbles in viscous liquids under ultrasound

The effect of static pressure on acoustic emissions including shock-wave emissions from cavitation bubbles in viscous liquids under ultrasound has been studied by numerical simulations in order to investigate the effect of static pressure on dispersion of nano-particles in liquids by ultrasound. The results of the numerical simulations for bubbles of 5 μm in equilibrium radius at 20 kHz have indicated that the optimal static pressure which maximizes the energy of acoustic waves radiated by a bubble per acoustic cycle increases as the acoustic pressure amplitude increases or the viscosity of the solution decreases. It qualitatively agrees with the experimental results by Sauter et al. [Ultrason. Sonochem. 15, 517 (2008)]. In liquids with relatively high viscosity (～200 mPa s), a bubble collapses more violently than in pure water when the acoustic pressure amplitude is relatively large (～20 bar). In a mixture of bubbles of different equilibrium radius (3 and 5 μm), the acoustic energy radiated by a 5 μm bubble is much larger than that by a 3 μm bubble due to the interaction with bubbles of different equilibrium radius. The acoustic energy radiated by a 5 μm bubble is substantially increased by the interaction with 3 μm bubbles.     

气泡在内置交错矩形肋管道中自由上升的FTM直接数值模拟

采用直接数值模拟的FTM（Front-Tracking Method）方法研究在重力作用下单气泡在竖直内置矩形肋管内的自由上升.选择矩形肋的肋高、肋距与方管宽度的比值作为管道几何特征值,用莫顿数作为流体特征参数,分析不同肋高、肋距及莫顿数情况下的气泡自由上升,研究不同几何特征及流体参数对气泡运动轨迹的影响.研究表明：在矩形肋片的影响下气泡上升时形状不对称,存在水平方向位移,表现为"蛇形"上升.这种现象与管道几何结构及气泡周围流体性质有关,肋高越大,现象越明显;气泡周围流体的粘度越小,水平方向位移越大.