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Assessment of an energy-based surface tension model for simulation of two-phase flows using second-order phase field methods

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JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS
Volume 474, Issue -, Pages -

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ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2022.111795

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Two-phase flow; Phase field; Surface tension; Diffuse interface; Continuous surface force; Allen-Cahn

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Second-order phase field models have emerged as an attractive option for capturing the advection of interfaces in two-phase flows. In this work, the energy-based surface tension model from the Cahn-Hilliard context is adopted for second-order phase field models and its performance is assessed.
Second-order phase field models have emerged as an attractive option for capturing the advection of interfaces in two-phase flows. Prior to these, state-of-the-art models based on the Cahn-Hilliard equation, which is a fourth-order equation, allowed for the derivation of surface tension models through thermodynamic arguments. In contrast, the second-order phase field models do not follow a known energy law, and deriving a surface tension term for these models using thermodynamic arguments is not straightforward. In this work, we justify that the energy-based surface tension model from the Cahn-Hilliard context can be adopted for second-order phase field models as well and assess its performance. We test the surface tension model on three different second-order phase field equations; the conservative diffuse interface model of Chiu and Lin [1], and two models based on the modified Allen-Cahn equation introduced by Sun and Beckermann [2]. Additionally, we draw the connection between the energy-based model with a localized variation of the continuum surface force (CSF) model. Using canonical tests, we illustrate the lower magnitude of spurious currents, better accuracy, and superior convergence properties of the energy-based surface tension model compared to the CSF model, which is a popular choice used in conjunction with second-order phase field methods, and the localized CSF model. Importantly, in terms of computational expense and parallel efficiency, the energybased model incurs no penalty compared to the CSF models.(c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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