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Numerical simulation of three-component multiphase flows at high density and viscosity ratios using lattice Boltzmann
Reza Haghani Hassan Abadi1, Abbas Fakhari2, Mohammad Hassan Rahimian1
1School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract:
In this paper, we propose a multiphase lattice Boltzmann model for numerical simulation of ternary flows at high density and viscosity ratios free from spurious velocities. The proposed scheme, which is based on the phase-field modeling, employs the Cahn-Hilliard theory to track the interfaces among three different fluid components. Several benchmarks, such as the spreading of a liquid lens, binary droplets, and head-on collision of two droplets in binary- and ternary-fluid systems, are conducted to assess the reliability and accuracy of the model. The proposed model can successfully simulate both partial and total spreadings while reducing the parasitic currents to the machine precision.
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