An implicit DG solver for incompressible two-phase flows with an artificial compressibility formulation

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Advanced Numerical Methods for Scientific Computing
Code:
54/2023
Title:
An implicit DG solver for incompressible two-phase flows with an artificial compressibility formulation
Date:
Monday 10th July 2023
Author(s):
Orlando, G.
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Abstract:
We propose an implicit Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) discretization for incompressible two-phase flows using an artificial compressibility formulation. Conservative level set (CLS) method is employed in combination with a reinitialization procedure to capture the moving interface. A projection method based on the L-stable TR-BDF2 method is adopted for the time discretization of the Navier-Stokes equations and of the level set method. Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) is employed to enhance the resolution in correspondence of the interface between the two fluids. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is shown in a number of classical benchmarks, such as the Rayleigh-Taylor instability and the rising bubble test case, for which a specific analysis on the influence of different choices of the mixture viscosity is carried out.