A Mass Conserving Arbitrary Lagrangian‐Eulerian Formulation for Three‐Dimensional Multiphase Fluid Flows

Author(s):  
Cagatay Guventurk ◽  
Mehmet Sahin
2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-180
Author(s):  
Yu.D. Chashechkin

According to the results of visualization of streams, the existence of structures in a wide range of scales is noted: from galactic to micron. The use of a fundamental system of equations is substantiated based on the results of comparing symmetries of various flow models with the usage of theoretical group methods. Complete solutions of the system are found by the methods of the singular perturbations theory with a condition of compatibility, which determines the characteristic equation. A comparison of complete solutions with experimental data shows that regular solutions characterize large-scale components of the flow, a rich family of singular solutions describes formation of the thin media structure. Examples of calculations and observations of stratified, rotating and multiphase media are given. The requirements for the technique of an adequate experiment are discussed.


Author(s):  
Theodore J. Heindel ◽  
Terrence C. Jensen ◽  
Joseph N. Gray

There are several methods available to visualize fluid flows when one has optical access. However, when optical access is limited to near the boundaries or not available at all, alternative visualization methods are required. This paper will describe flow visualization using an X-ray system that is capable of digital X-ray radiography, digital X-ray stereography, and digital X-ray computed tomography (CT). The unique X-ray flow visualization facility will be briefly described, and then flow visualization of various systems will be shown. Radiographs provide a two-dimensional density map of a three dimensional process or object. Radiographic images of various multiphase flows will be presented. When two X-ray sources and detectors simultaneously acquire images of the same process or object from different orientations, stereographic imaging can be completed; this type of imaging will be demonstrated by trickling water through packed columns and by absorbing water in a porous medium. Finally, local time-averaged phase distributions can be determined from X-ray computed tomography (CT) imaging, and this will be shown by comparing CT images from two different gas-liquid sparged columns.


2021 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Prieto-Arranz ◽  
Luis Ramírez ◽  
Iván Couceiro ◽  
Ignasi Colominas ◽  
Xesús Nogueira

AbstractIn this work, a new discretization of the source term of the shallow water equations with non-flat bottom geometry is proposed to obtain a well-balanced scheme. A Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian formulation based on Riemann solvers is presented to solve the SWE. Moving-Least Squares approximations are used to compute high-order reconstructions of the numerical fluxes and, stability is achieved using the a posteriori MOOD paradigm. Several benchmark 1D and 2D numerical problems are considered to test and validate the properties and behavior of the presented schemes.


2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Kinzel ◽  
Leonard Joel Peltier ◽  
Brigette Rosendall ◽  
Mallory Elbert ◽  
Andri Rizhakov ◽  
...  

A method to assess computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models for polydisperse granular solids in a multifluid flow is developed. The proposed method evaluates a consistency constraint, or a condition that an Eulerian multiphase solution for a monodisperse material in a single carrier fluid is invariant to an arbitrary decomposition into a pseudo-polydisperse mixture of multiple, identical fluid phases. The intent of this condition is to develop tests to assist model development and testing for multiphase fluid flows. When applied to two common momentum exchange models, the constraint highlights model failures for polydisperse solids interacting with a multifluid flow. It is found that when inconsistency occurs at the algebraic level, model failure clearly extends to application. When the models are reformulated to satisfy the consistency constraint, simple tests and application-scale simulations no longer display consistency failure.


Author(s):  
Edward Smith ◽  
Abdelmalek Bouazza ◽  
Louis King ◽  
R. Kerry Rowe

The observation of failure surfaces within column supported embankments is critical to understanding how the embankment stresses are transferred towards the column heads. In this study, finite element simulations utilising a strain softening constitutive model, non-local regularisation and the Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian formulation are used to examine these failure surfaces over various embankment geometries. This methodology offers insights into the nature of the failure mechanism, the development of a plane of equal settlement and the influence of the subsoil settlement profile. Depending on the embankment geometry, the results indicate either a punching failure, inverted general bearing failure, or a localised failure develops. The transition between punching and inverted general bearing failure is found to be closely related to the establishment of a plane of equal settlement within the embankment. The height of the plane of equal settlement and the range of failure mechanisms that develop were largely insensitive to the nature of the subsoil settlement profiles simulated. These findings have implications for the practical design of efficient embankments and the effective design of future experimental studies.


1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 467-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Gu ◽  
J. A. Goldak

A steady state formulation has been developed for thermal stress analysis. It uses features from both the Lagrangian formulation and the Eulerian formulation. The mesh sits on an Eulerian frame but deforms as if in the Lagrangian frame. Therefore, it is suitable for steady state problems with free boundaries. History dependent parameters are integrated along flow lines. A significant gain in computing speed and/or spatial resolution over transient analyses has been achieved together with a noticeable reduction for memory requirements. Numerical results are given for a three-dimensional analysis of edge weld.


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