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Numerical Simulation of Free Surface by an Area-Preserving Level Set Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2015

Tony W. H. Sheu and
C. H. Yu
Tony W. H. Sheu*
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Science and Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, TaiwanTaida Institute of Mathematical Sciences (TIMS), National Taiwan UniversityCenter for Quantum Science and Engineering (CQSE), National Taiwan University
C. H. Yu
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Science and Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan
*
Corresponding author.Email:twhsheu@ntu.edu.tw
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Abstract

We apply in this study an area preserving level set method to simulate gas/water interface flow. For the sake of accuracy, the spatial derivative terms in the equations of motion for an incompressible fluid flow are approximated by the fifth-order accurate upwinding combined compact difference (UCCD) scheme. This scheme development employs two coupled equations to calculate the first- and second-order derivative terms in the momentum equations. For accurately predicting the level set value, the interface tracking scheme is also developed to minimize phase error of the first-order derivative term shown in the pure advection equation. For the purpose of retaining the long-term accurate Hamiltonian in the advection equation for the level set function, the time derivative term is discretized by the sixth-order accurate symplectic Runge-Kutta scheme. Also, to keep as a distance function for ensuring the front having a finite thickness for all time, the re-initialization equation is used. For the verification of the optimized UCCD scheme for the pure advection equation, two benchmark problems have been chosen to investigate in this study. The level set method with excellent area conservation property proposed for capturing the interface in incompressible fluid flows is also verified by solving the dam-break, Rayleigh-Taylor instability, two-bubble rising in water, and droplet falling problems.

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65E0576T10Level set methodphase errorupwinding combined compact schemeHamiltoniansymplectic Runge-Kuttaarea conservation property

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Communications in Computational Physics , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , April 2012, pp. 1347 - 1371
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Copyright © Global Science Press Limited 2012

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