Direct numerical simulations of two-phase immiscible wakes
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering [Imperial College London] ; Imperial College London
- Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics and Instabilities ; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
- Centre de Mise en Forme des Matériaux (CEMEF) ; Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) ; Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Laboratoire Jean Alexandre Dieudonné (JAD) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)
Description
Tammisola et al (2012 J. Fluid Mech. 713 632-58) have observed a counter-intuitive destabilizing effect of the surface tension in planar wakes by means of a global linear analysis. In the present study, we conduct direct numerical simulation (DNS) of wakes of two immiscible fluids. The numerical scheme is based on a level set approach to track the interface position. We simulate both sinuous and varicose perturbations of wake flows. DNS confirms a destabilization on the sinuous perturbations in presence of a moderate amount of the surface tension, while wakes are stabilized when the surface tension is further increased. Varicose perturbations present in contrast an intermittent low-amplitude oscillatory regime which does not significantly affect the position of the interface.
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- URL
- https://hal-mines-paristech.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01026220
- URN
- urn:oai:HAL:hal-01026220v1
- Origin repository
- UNICA