Numerical modeling of multiphase flows in microfluidics and micro process engineering: a review of methods and applications

M Wörner - Microfluidics and nanofluidics, 2012 - Springer
This article presents a comprehensive review of numerical methods and models for interface
resolving simulations of multiphase flows in microfluidics and micro process engineering …

VOF simulations of the contact angle dynamics during the drop spreading: Standard models and a new wetting force model

I Malgarinos, N Nikolopoulos, M Marengo… - Advances in colloid and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Introduction In this study, a novel numerical implementation for the adhesion of liquid
droplets impacting normally on solid dry surfaces is presented. The advantage of this new …

An accurate adaptive solver for surface-tension-driven interfacial flows

S Popinet - Journal of Computational Physics, 2009 - Elsevier
A method combining an adaptive quad/octree spatial discretisation, geometrical Volume-Of-
Fluid interface representation, balanced-force continuum-surface-force surface-tension …

Simulation of primary atomization with an octree adaptive mesh refinement and VOF method

D Fuster, A Bagué, T Boeck, L Le Moyne… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
We present different simulations of primary atomization using an adaptive Volume-of-Fluid
method based on octree meshes. The use of accurate numerical schemes for mesh …

Dynamics of water droplets detached from porous surfaces of relevance to PEM fuel cells

A Theodorakakos, T Ous, M Gavaises, JM Nouri… - Journal of colloid and …, 2006 - Elsevier
The detachment of liquid droplets from porous material surfaces used with proton exchange
membrane (PEM) fuel cells under the influence of a cross-flowing air is investigated …

The MAC method

S McKee, MF Tomé, VG Ferreira, JA Cuminato… - Computers & …, 2008 - Elsevier
In this article recent advances in the Marker and Cell (MAC) method will be reviewed. The
MAC technique dates back to the early 1960s at the Los Alamos Laboratories and this article …

A numerical investigation of the evaporation process of a liquid droplet im**ing onto a hot substrate

N Nikolopoulos, A Theodorakakos… - International Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
A numerical investigation of the evaporation process of n-heptane and water liquid droplets
im**ing onto a hot substrate is presented. Three different temperatures are investigated …

A numerical investigation of central binary collision of droplets

N Nikolopoulos, KS Nikas, G Bergeles - Computers & Fluids, 2009 - Elsevier
The paper presents a numerical investigation of the central collision of two equal-sized
droplets in a gaseous phase. The investigation is based on the numerical solution of the …

Predicting the evaporation rate of stationary droplets with the VOF methodology for a wide range of ambient temperature conditions

G Strotos, I Malgarinos, N Nikolopoulos… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents CFD predictions for the evaporation of nearly spherical suspended
droplets for ambient temperatures in the range 0.56 up to 1.62 of the critical fuel …

CFD simulation for secondary breakup of coal–water slurry drops using OpenFOAM

S Tavangar, SH Hashemabadi… - Fuel Processing …, 2015 - Elsevier
The main objective of this study is to gain insight into dynamic behavior of coal–water slurry
(CWS) drops during secondary breakup. In the case of Bingham liquids (CWS) considered …