CHINESE JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS ›› 2008, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (4): 431-436.

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Keeping Volume Fraction of Fluid in Reconstructing Moving-interfaces of VOF on Rectangular Meshes

WANG Ruyun1, CHEN Pingping2, BAN Changying3   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China;
    2. General Study Program, Yantai Nanshan College, Yantai 265700, China;
    3. Mathematics Group, NO.1 Middle School of Shengli Oil Field, Dongying 257000, China
  • Received:2007-01-23 Revised:2007-10-30 Online:2008-07-25 Published:2008-07-25

Abstract: A moving interface reconstructing algorithm keeping volumed fraction of fluid in the volume of fluids (VOF) method is presented. The moving interface is approximated by a diagonal line of a grid, and two diagonal lines located in adjacent grids intersect on a public side. By keeping constant volume fraction of fluid in each grid, nonlinear equations are built on boundary grids, location of intersecting points of moving-interfaces with grid sides are decided by solving equations. The shape of moving-interfaces is reconstructed. The method simulates accurately moving interfaces with fewer cusps. Its availability and efficiency are demonstrated.

Key words: volume of fluids, reconstruction of moving interface, keeping volume fraction of fluid, rectangular grid

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