A Novel VOF-Type Volume-Tracking Method for Free-Surface Flows Based on Unstructured Triangular Mesh

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2005-04-14
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AnovelVOF-typevolume-trackingmethodfortwo-dimensionalfree-surfaceflowsbasedontheunstructuredtriangularmeshispresented.Owingtotheinherentmeritoftheunstructuredtriangularmeshinfittingcurvedboundaries,thismethodcanhandlethefree-surfaceproblemswithcomplexgeometriesaccuratelyanddirectly,withoutintroducinganycomplicatedboundarytreatmentorartificialdiffusion.ThemethodsolvesthevolumetransportequationgeometricallythroughtheModifiedLagrangian-EulerianRe-map(MLER)method,whichisappliedtoadvectivefluidvolumes.Moreover,thePLICmethodisadoptedtogiveasecond-orderreconstructedinterfaceapproximation.Tovalidatethismethod,twoadvectiontestswereperformedfortheestablishmentoftheaccuracyandconvergencerateofthesolutions.Numericalresultsforthesecomplextestsprovideconvincingevidencefortheexcellentsolutionqualityandfidelityofthemethod.