真实虚拟流方法在多介质可压缩流动模拟中的应用

为了克服原始虚拟流方法(ghost fluid method,GFM)在处理激波与大密度比流体-流体（气-水）界面相互作用时遇到的困难,采用真实虚拟流法(real ghost fluid method,RGFM)处理流体界面附近的虚拟点,结合HLLC(Harten-Lax-Van Leer with contact discontinuities)格式求解Euler方程,采用五阶WENO(weighted essentially nonoscillatory)格式求解level set输运方程。通过一维和二维算例的物质界面捕捉研究,证明RGFM在处理小密度比界面问题时优于GFM,同时RGFM还可用于求解激波与大密度比物质界面相互作用问题。计算表明,将RGFM引入到本文算法中,可精确捕捉到激波与界面（气-气、气-水界面）相互作用的变化细节,包括大密度比界面的剧烈变形和破碎,并具有较高的计算分辨率。     

简单Green函数法模拟三维水下爆炸气泡运动

假定水下爆炸气泡脉动阶段的流场是无旋、不可压缩的,运用势流理论导出气泡边界面运动的控制方程,采用高阶曲面三角形单元离散了维气泡表面,用边界积分法求解气泡的运动．并将计算结果与Rayleigh-Plesset气泡模型和试验数据进行对比分析,分析结果表明高阶曲面单元能够高精度的模拟水下爆炸气泡运动,且比线性单元有多方面的优越性．分别模拟了有、无重力场和刚壁时对气泡运动的影响,并预测了气泡在流场中膨胀、坍塌、迁移、射流形成等苇要动力学行为,同时建立了水下爆炸气泡与圆柱简相互作用的三维模型,模拟了自由液面、圆柱筒附近三维气泡的动力学特性．     

气泡多周期运动时引起的流场压力与速度

假设水下爆炸气泡的内部气体在膨胀收缩过程中满足绝热条件,周围流体无黏无旋不可压缩. 基于势流理论,采用边界元法研究气泡动力学行为,重点关注气泡引起的流场脉动载荷以及滞后流特性,给出了相关的理论推导和数值计算方法. 通过将数值结果与解析解、实验值进行对比,数值模型的收敛性和有效性能够得到保证. 利用编写的程序进行计算和分析,发现在气泡加速膨胀阶段,流场压力在气泡径向不一定是逐渐衰减,还有可能以先增后减的规律变化;气泡射流后,为了能够继续描述环状气泡的运动以及流场特性,将此时的流场分为无旋场和一个布置在气泡内部涡环的叠加,计算过程中采用了一些数值技巧处理气泡的拓扑结构,得以连续模拟多个周期的气泡运动. 环状气泡具有相对较高的上浮迁移速度,而且在其顶部和底部附近分别形成两个高压区,顶部的高压区峰值相对较大,底部的高压区范围相对较大. 环状气泡中心轴上的流场速度会在气泡中心有一个加速过程,在气泡顶部附近又迅速减小.      

用Level Set方法追踪运动界面

首先介绍了近年来发展起来的界面追踪技术Level Set方法,然后采用五阶WENO格式和积分平均型TVD格式计算Level Set方程,用修正的Godunov方法求解重新初始化的Level Set方程,数值求解了同心圆在常数流场,圆和矩形界面在剪切流场,缺口圆在旋转流场中的界面变形和还原效果,比较了时间导数离散精度和Level Set函数有无重新初始化对界面追踪效果的影响．最后,通过和其它界面处理方法的比较可以看出,Level Set方法不仅能够比较准确地追踪运动界面,而且无须进行复杂繁琐的界面重构技术,容易编程,具有较大的通用性．     

近边界三维水下爆炸气泡动态特性研究

模拟了近壁、近自由面的水下爆炸气泡的非线性动态特性,假定水下爆炸气泡脉动阶段的流场是无旋、不可压缩的,采用高阶曲面三角形单元离散三维气泡表面,用边界积分法求解气泡的运动,在计算奇异积分时通过重新构造双层位势的主值积分消除双层奇异积分的奇异性,得到更精确的结果,并通过合理的加权方法精确的求解边界面上各节点的真实速度,结合弹性网格技术（elastic mesh technique, EMT）得到优化速度,在整个模拟过程中不需要采用数值光顺。将本文的三维模型与轴对称模型进行的对比分析表明,两种模型计算结果吻合很好,并用三维模型模拟了气泡与自由表面及圆筒的相互作用,水下爆炸气泡在自由表面及圆筒的联合作用下呈现出强非线性。     

激波冲击SF6重气泡引发射流的数值模拟

为深入研究重气泡内激波聚焦和射流生成的机理,采用高精度计算格式和高网格分辨率对马赫数为1.23的平面入射激波与SF₆重气泡的作用过程进行数值模拟,计算结果与文献中实验吻合较好。结果显示:入射激波在重气泡内首先在流向上汇聚形成上、下对称的高压区,随后,这对高压区在SF₆重气泡中心对称轴处再次碰撞,完成激波聚焦过程,并在气泡下游界面附近形成远大于初始压力和密度的局部高压高密度区,体现出SF₆重气泡极强的聚能效应;激波聚焦还引起气泡下游界面附近的涡量变化,涡对的旋转能够加速射流形成与发展。因此,SF₆重气泡下游界面附近的高压区和涡量分布对形成射流结构均有促进作用。     

基于四阶半离散中心迎风格式的虚拟流方法的应用

给出了求解多维无粘可压Euler方程组的四阶半离散中心迎风格式,该格式根据非线性波在网格单元边界上传播的局部速度来更准确地估计局部Riemann的宽度,避免了计算网格的交错,降低了格式的数值粘性。同时,考虑到Level Set函数能隐式地追踪到界面的位置,而虚拟流的构造能隐式地捕捉到界面的边界条件,因此再将新的四阶半离散中心迎风格式与Level Set方法以及虚拟流方法相结合,成功地处理了非反应激波和多介质流中爆轰间断的追踪问题。     

求解无粘可压Euler方程组的虚拟流方法

首先将三阶Godunov型半离散中心迎风格式推广到四阶,之后再将该新的四阶半离散中心迎风格式与Level Set方法以及虚拟流方法结合起来,成功地处理了非反应激波问题和多介质流中的爆轰间断问题。由于Level Set函数能隐式地追踪到界面的位置,而虚拟流的构造能隐式地捕捉到界面的边界条件,故而本文的方法可以很自然地推广到多维情况。     

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS ON THE VELOCITY AND PRESSURE FIELDS INDUCED BYMULTI-OSCILLATIONS OF AN UNDERWATER EXPLOSION BUBBLE

假设水下爆炸气泡的内部气体在膨胀收缩过程中满足绝热条件,周围流体无黏无旋不可压缩. 基于势流理论,采用边界元法研究气泡动力学行为,重点关注气泡引起的流场脉动载荷以及滞后流特性,给出了相关的理论推导和数值计算方法. 通过将数值结果与解析解、实验值进行对比,数值模型的收敛性和有效性能够得到保证. 利用编写的程序进行计算和分析,发现在气泡加速膨胀阶段,流场压力在气泡径向不一定是逐渐衰减,还有可能以先增后减的规律变化;气泡射流后,为了能够继续描述环状气泡的运动以及流场特性,将此时的流场分为无旋场和一个布置在气泡内部涡环的叠加,计算过程中采用了一些数值技巧处理气泡的拓扑结构,得以连续模拟多个周期的气泡运动. 环状气泡具有相对较高的上浮迁移速度,而且在其顶部和底部附近分别形成两个高压区,顶部的高压区峰值相对较大,底部的高压区范围相对较大. 环状气泡中心轴上的流场速度会在气泡中心有一个加速过程,在气泡顶部附近又迅速减小.     

竖直流道宽度对气泡运动行为影响的数值模拟

用数值方法模拟了竖直通道宽度对气泡在液体中的非定常运动、变形以及传热特性的影响。在这个模拟中,界面跟踪采用了VOF方法,并采用PL IC进行界面重构。主流场计算采用有限容积方法将控制方程离散,其中扩散项采用中心差分格式,对流项采用一阶迎风格式。用成熟的S IM PLE算法求解N-S方程的速度与压力的耦合问题。引入CSF模型处理运动界面的表面张力。利用所编制的程序计算了竖直流道中的单个气泡的形状、运动特性以及气泡内外流场与传热特性,并对竖直通道宽度在不同情况下,对气泡的形状、运动特性以及传热特性进行了进一步的研究。得到了一系列有价值的结果,并与实验结果比较。表明数值模拟结果与实验结果吻合的较好。     

A numerical strategy for the direct 3D simulation of the expansion of bubbles into a molten polymer during a foaming process

In the framework of the foam process modelling, this paper presents a numerical strategy for the direct 3D simulation of the expansion of gas bubbles into a molten polymer. This expansion is due to a gas overpressure. The polymer is assumed to be incompressible and to behave as a pseudo‐plastic fluid. Each bubble is governed by a simple ideal gas law. The velocity and the pressure fields, defined in the liquid by a Stokes system, are subsequently extended to each bubble in a way of not perturbing the interface velocity. Hence, a global velocity–pressure‐mixed system is solved over the whole computational domain, thanks to a discretization based on an unstructured first‐order finite element. Since dealing with an Eulerian approach, an interface capturing method is used to follow the bubble evolution. For each bubble, a pure advection equation is solved by using a space–time discontinuous‐Galerkin method, coupled with an r‐adaptation technique. Finally, the numerical strategy is achieved by considering a global mesh expansion motion, which conserves the amount of liquid into the computational domain during the expansion. The expansion of one bubble is firstly considered, and the simulations are compared with an analytical model. The formation of a cellular structure is then investigated by considering the expansion of 64 bubbles in 2D and the expansion of 400 bubbles in 3D. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Numerical simulation of dielectric bubbles coalescence under the effects of uniform magnetic field

In this research, the co-axial coalescence of a pair of gas bubbles rising in a viscous liquid column under the effects of an external uniform magnetic field is simulated numerically. Considered fluids are dielectric, and applied magnetic field is uniform. Effects of different strengths of magnetic field on the interaction of in-line rising bubbles and coalescence between them were investigated. For numerical modeling of the problem, a computer code was developed to solve the governing equations which are continuity, Navier–Stokes equation, magnetic field equation and level set and reinitialization of level set equations. The finite volume method is used for the discretization of the continuity and momentum equations using SIMPLE scheme where the finite difference method is used to discretization of the magnetic field equations. Also a level set method is used to capture the interface of two phases. The results are compared with available numerical and experimental results in the case of no-magnetic field effect which show a good agreement. It is found that uniform magnetic field accelerates the coalescence of the bubbles in dielectric fluids and enhances the rise velocity of the coalesced bubble.     

水下针-板放电气泡脉动及冲击特性

为明确水中脉冲放电能量释放过程所产生气泡的脉动和压力波冲击特性，依据能量等效原则，在LS-DYNA软件中建立针-板电极结构的水下爆轰模型，模拟气泡形态。通过与获取的物理图像比对，发现气泡形态和时间演化尺度高度一致。在此基础上，对气泡的冲击特性进一步分析，结果表明:冲击波峰值、气泡脉动周期和半径大小随放电能量增加而加大，随静水压力的增加而减小；当放电电压由14 kV增至20 kV，二次压力波峰值由2.89 MPa升至4.09 MPa，提高41.5%；当静水压力由202.65 kPa增至506.63 kPa，二次压力波峰值从5.15 MPa升至6.36 MPa，提高23.5%，放电能量和水压的增加对二次压力波提升明显；随着距离增加，二次压力波所占冲击波的峰值压力比重，由12.6%增加至35.3%，远场放电位置二次压力波不可忽视。     

Direct 2D simulation of small gas bubble clusters: from the expansion step to the equilibrium state

A numerical strategy, based on an adaptive finite element method, is proposed for the direct two‐dimensional simulation of the expansion of small clusters of gas bubbles within a Newtonian liquid matrix. The velocity and pressure fields in the liquid are first defined through the Stokes equations and are subsequently extended to the gas bubbles. The liquid–gas coupling is imposed through the stress exerted on the liquid by gas pressure (ruled by an ideal gas law) and by surface tension. A level set method, combined with a mesh adaptation technique, is used to track liquid–gas interfaces. Many numerical simulations are presented. The single bubble case allows to compare the simulations to an analytical model. Simulations of the expansion of small clusters are then presented showing the interaction and evolution of the gas bubbles to an equilibrium state, involving topological rearrangements induced by Plateau's rule. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Insights in hydrodynamics of bubbling fluidized beds at elevated pressure by DEM–CFD approach

A numerical simulation was conducted to study the effect of pressure on bubble dynamics in a gas–solid fluidized bed. The gas flow was modeled using the continuum theory and the solid phase, by the discrete element method (DEM). To validate the simulation results, calculated local pressure fluctuations were compared with corresponding experimental data of 1-mm polyethylene particles. It was shown that the model successfully predicts the hydrodynamic features of the fluidized bed as observed in the experiments. Influence of pressure on bubble rise characteristics such as bubble rise path, bubble stability, average bubbles diameter and bubble velocity through the bed was investigated. The simulation results are in conformity with current hydrodynamic theories and concepts for fluidized beds at high pressures. The results show further that elevated pressure reduces bubble growth, velocity and stability and enhances bubble gyration through the bed, leading to change in bed flow structure.     

气泡夹带对壁面油膜流动特性的影响

油-气润滑系统工作过程中,润滑油膜受微油滴冲击和压缩空气扰动影响易形成气泡夹带现象,气泡夹带行为将对壁面润滑油膜层的形成及流动过程产生重要影响。基于VOF数值模拟方法,对含气泡油膜沿倾斜壁面的流动行为进行研究,考察了气泡的存在对油膜形态和流动速度的影响规律,以及气泡破裂阶段空腔邻域内流体压力变化特性。研究表明,油膜夹带气泡的形变和迁移诱发气泡周围微流场的速度扰动现象,导致气液界面处产生非均匀速度梯度分布,进而引发油膜表面的形态波动。气泡发生破裂时,油膜空穴部位发生明显的正负压力波动现象,气泡附近壁面将承受一定的交变载荷作用。     

Numerical simulation of a single bubble by compressible two‐phase fluids

The present work deals with the numerical investigation of a collapsing bubble in a liquid–gas fluid, which is modeled as a single compressible medium. The medium is characterized by the stiffened gas law using different material parameters for the two phases. For the discretization of the stiffened gas model, the approach of Saurel and Abgrall is employed where the flow equations, here the Euler equations, for the conserved quantities are approximated by a finite volume scheme, and an upwind discretization is used for the non‐conservative transport equations of the pressure law coefficients. The original first‐order discretization is extended to higher order applying second‐order ENO reconstruction to the primitive variables. The derivation of the non‐conservative upwind discretization for the phase indicator, here the gas fraction, is presented for arbitrary unstructured grids. The efficiency of the numerical scheme is significantly improved by employing local grid adaptation. For this purpose, multiscale‐based grid adaptation is used in combination with a multilevel time stepping strategy to avoid small time steps for coarse cells. The resulting numerical scheme is then applied to the numerical investigation of the 2‐D axisymmetric collapse of a gas bubble in a free flow field and near to a rigid wall. The numerical investigation predicts physical features such as bubble collapse, bubble splitting and the formation of a liquid jet that can be observed in experiments with laser‐induced cavitation bubbles. Opposite to the experiments, the computations reveal insight to the state inside the bubble clearly indicating that these features are caused by the acceleration of the gas due to shock wave focusing and reflection as well as wave interaction processes. While incompressible models have been used to provide useful predictions on the change of the bubble shape of a collapsing bubble near a solid boundary, we wish to study the effects of shock wave emissions into the ambient liquid on the bubble collapse, a phenomenon that may not be captured using an incompressible fluid model. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An efficient front‐tracking method for simulation of multi‐density bubbles

In this article, a masked bubble strategy is proposed using the front‐tracking method when simulation of multi‐density bubbles to reduce remarkably the computational cost from both the RAM usage and the number of computations at each time step comparing with the regular method. In the masked bubble strategy, instead of using full domain to update the properties at each time step, each bubble is considered as enclosed in the smallest box required to compute the properties based on the Peskin's function, which needs at least two full mesh sizes from both sides of the interface of each bubble in any directions. To show the performance of the masked bubble strategy in the front‐tracking method, we study the multi‐density bubbles motion in a curved duct flow induced by a pressure gradient in the absence of gravity. To solve the density Poisson equation, the parallel direct solver scheme is tested. The comparison of numerical simulations at the same conditions indicates that the parallel direct solver scheme under the masked bubble strategy considerably reduces the computational time and RAM usage relative to the regular full‐domain method, providing using simulations on finer grid resolutions. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Shock structure in bubbly liquids: comparison of direct numerical simulations and model equations

Shock wave structure in a bubbly mixture composed of a cluster of gas bubbles in a quiescent liquid with initial void fractions around 10% inside a 3D rectangular domain excited by a sudden increase in the pressure at one boundary is investigated using the front tracking/finite volume method. The effects of bubble/bubble interactions and bubble deformations are, therefore, investigated for further modeling. The liquid is taken to be incompressible while the bubbles are assumed to be compressible. The gas pressure inside the bubbles is taken uniform and is assumed to vary isothermally. Results obtained for the pressure distribution at different locations along the direction of propagation show the characteristics of one-dimensional unsteady shock propagation evolving towards steady-state. The steady-state shock structures obtained by the present direct numerical simulations, which show a transition from A-type to C-type steady-state shock structures, are compared with those obtained by the classical Rayleigh–Plesset equation and by a modified Rayleigh–Plesset equation accounting for bubble/bubble interactions in the mean-field theory.