Calculation of interface curvatures with the level-set method for two-phase flow simulations and a second-order diffuse-domain method for elliptic problems in complex geometries
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This thesis considers in the first part the mathematical modelling of incompressible two-phase flow, in particular the calculation of interface curvatures and normal vectors with the level-set method. The main contribution is the development of two new numerical methods that enable a more robust calculation of the curvature and normal vectors in areas where the gradient of the level-set method is discontinuous.
Incompressible two-phase flow is in this thesis modelled by the Navier- Stokes equations with a singular source term at the interface between the phases. The singular source term leads to a set of interface jump conditions. These jump conditions are used in the ghost-fluid method to solve two-phase flow in a sharp manner. The interface position is captured and evolved in time with the level-set method. The Navier- Stokes equations for two-phase flow are solved with projection methods and discretized by finite differences in space and Runge-Kutta methods in time. The advective terms in the governing equations are discretized by a weighted essentially non-oscillatory scheme.
In the second part, the thesis considers the more general problem of solving partial-differential equations (PDEs) in complex geometries. An extension of a diffuse-domain method is presented, where the accuracy is improved by adding a correction term. The extension is derived for elliptic problems with Neumann and Robin boundary conditions. One of the advantages of the diffuse-domain methods is that they allow the use of standard tools and methods because they are based on solving PDEs reformulated in larger and regular domains.
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Lervåg, Karl Yngve. Calculation of interface curvature with the level-set method. MekIT’11: 171-187, 2011.Lervåg, Karl Yngve; Ervik, Åsmund. Curvature calculations for the level-set method. Proceedings of ENUMATH 2011: 209-217, 2013. 10.1007/978-3-642-33134-3_23.
Lervag, Karl Yngve; Mueller, Bernhard; Munkejord, Svend Tollak. Calculation of the interface curvature and normal vector with the level-set method. Computers & Fluids. (ISSN 0045-7930). 84: 218-230, 2013. 10.1016/j.compfluid.2013.06.004.
Ervik, Å.; Lervåg, K. Y.; Munkejord, S. T.. A robust method for calculating interface curvature and normal vectors using an extracted local level set. .
Lervåg, K. Y.; Lowengrub, J.. TOWARDS A SECOND-ORDER DIFFUSE-DOMAIN METHOD FOR SOLVING PDES IN COMPLEX GEOMETRIES. .