Coupled volume of fluid and phase field method for direct numerical simulation of insoluble surfactant-laden interfacial flows and application to rising bubbles

PK Farsoiya, S Popinet, HA Stone, L Deike - Physical Review Fluids, 2024 - APS
Improved numerical methods are needed to understand the effect of surfactants in interfacial
fluid mechanics, with various applications including thin films, inkjet printing, and ocean …

Bubble-mediated transfer of dilute gas in turbulence

PK Farsoiya, S Popinet, L Deike - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
Bubble-mediated gas exchange in turbulent flow is critical in bubble column chemical
reactors as well as for ocean–atmosphere gas exchange related to air entrained by breaking …

Dynamics of deformation and pinch-off of a migrating compound droplet in a tube

MP Borthakur, G Biswas, D Bandyopadhyay - Physical Review E, 2018 - APS
A computational fluid dynamic investigation has been carried out to study the dynamics of a
moving compound droplet inside a tube. The motions associated with such a droplet is …

Droplet impact dynamics onto a deep liquid pool of wavy free surface

A Singh, P Kumar - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The impact of a droplet on a deep pool of water with a flat-free surface results in a deep
cavity followed by the emergence of a thick jet with a secondary drop when the Froude …

Flow topologies in primary atomization of liquid jets: A direct numerical simulation analysis

J Hasslberger, S Ketterl, M Klein… - Journal of Fluid …, 2019 - cambridge.org
The local flow topology analysis of the primary atomization of liquid jets has been conducted
using the invariants of the velocity-gradient tensor. All possible small-scale flow structures …

An initially spherical bubble rising near a vertical wall

Y Zhang, S Dabiri, K Chen, Y You - International Journal of Heat and Fluid …, 2020 - Elsevier
The dynamics of a single rising bubble in the vicinity of a vertical wall is explored via three-
dimensional numerical simulations. A finite volume method is used to solve the …

Dimples, jets and self-similarity in nonlinear capillary waves

L Kayal, S Basak, R Dasgupta - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
Numerical studies of dimple and jet formation from a collapsing cavity often model the initial
cavity shape as a truncated sphere, mimicking a bursting bubble. In this study, we present a …

Flow topologies in bubble-induced turbulence: a direct numerical simulation analysis

J Hasslberger, M Klein, N Chakraborty - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2018 - cambridge.org
This paper presents a detailed investigation of flow topologies in bubble-induced two-phase
turbulence. Two freely moving and deforming air bubbles that have been suspended in …

Focussing of concentric free-surface waves

L Kayal, V Sanjay, N Yewale, A Kumar… - Journal of Fluid …, 2025 - cambridge.org
Gravito–capillary waves at free surfaces are ubiquitous in several natural and industrial
processes involving quiescent liquid pools bounded by cylindrical walls. These waves …

Axisymmetric ferrofluid oscillations in a cylindrical tank in microgravity

Á Romero-Calvo, MÁ Herrada, THJ Hermans… - … Science and Technology, 2021 - Springer
The sloshing of liquids in low-gravity entails several technical challenges for spacecraft
designers due to its effects on the dynamics and operation of space vehicles. Magnetic …