Recent Publications on Numerical Simulations of Droplets and Bubbles at d'Alembert


Opinion piece
Reviews and book
Methods: volume of fluid (VOF)
Droplet impact and splashing
Atomization and Kelvin-Helmholtz instability Contact line

Bubble dynamics and other topics
Waves
Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov instability
Thin sheets and end rims
Methods: front tracking (marker particles)
PhD dissertations

Opinion piece

Zaleski S.  2001,  Science and Fluid Dynamics should have more open sources , direct publication on the web.

Reviews and book

Tryggvason G., Scardovelli R. and Zaleski S. 2011: Direct Numerical Simulations of Gas-Liquid Multiphase Flows, Cambrigge University Press.

Gilou Agbaglah, Sébastien Delaux, Daniel Fuster, Jérome Hoepffner, Christophe Josserand, Stéphane Popinet, Pascal Ray, Ruben Scardovelli and Stéphane Zaleski 2011: Parallel simulation of multiphase flows using octree adaptivity and the volume-of-fluid method, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, online, doi: 10.1016/j.crme.2010.12.006. PDF of preliminary version.

Daniel Fuster, Gilou Agbaglah, Christophe Josserand, Stéphane Popinet and Stéphane Zaleski 2009: Numerical simulation of droplets, bubbles and waves: state of the art, Fluid Dynamics Research 41, 065001 PDF.

Scardovelli R. et Zaleski S. 1999: Direct numerical simulation of free-surface and interfacial flow, Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech., 31, 567-603.

Methods: volume of fluid (VOF)

G. Bornia, A. Cervone, S. Manservisi, R. Scardovelli, S. Zaleski 2011: On the properties and limitations of the height function method in two-dimensional Cartesian geometry, J. Comput. Phys., 230, Pages 851-862 doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2010.11.029, PDF of preliminary version.

S. Afkhami, S. Zaleski, M. Bussmann 2009: A mesh-dependent model for applying dynamic contact angles to VOF simulations Journal of Computational Physics,228, pages 5370-5389 PDF.

A. Cervone, S. Manservisi, R. Scardovelli, S. Zaleski 2009: A geometrical predictor-corrector advection scheme and its application to the volume fraction function J. Comput. Phys, 228, Pages 406-419 PDF

Eugenio Aulisa, Sandro Manservisi, Ruben Scardovelli and Stephane Zaleski 2007  Interface reconstruction with least-squares fit and split  advection in three-dimensional Cartesian geometry J. Comput. Phys,  225  Pages 2301-2319 PDF

Eugenio Aulisa, Sandro Manservisi, Ruben Scardovelli and Stephane Zaleski 2003, A geometrical area-preserving Volume-of-Fluid method, J. Comput. Phys, 192, Pages 355-364  PDF.

Ruben Scardovelli and Stephane Zaleski 2003, Interface Reconstruction with Least-Square Fit and Split Eulerian-Lagrangian Advection, Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fluids, Volume: 41, Pages: 251-274 PDF.

Scardovelli R. et Zaleski S. 2000: Analytical relations connecting linear interfaces and volume fractions in rectangular grids, J. Comput. Phys. 164, 228-237.

Gueyffier D., Li J. , Nadim A., Scardovelli S. et Zaleski S. 1999: Volume of Fluid interface tracking with smoothed surface stress methods for three-dimensional flows, J. Comput Phys., 152, 423-456.  get PDF file of a preliminary version (1 Mbyte)

Lafaurie B., Nardone C. Scardovelli, R. Zaleski S. and Zanetti, G. 1994: Modelling merging and fragmentation in multiphase flows with SURFER, J. Comp. Phys. 113, 134-147.

Droplet impact and splashing

C. Josserand, P. Ray and S. Zaleski 2010: Air entrapment and splashing treshold in drop impacts. 7th International Conference on Multiphase Flow, ICMF 2010, Tampa, FL, May 30 - June 4. PDF.

J. Eggers, M. A. Fontelos, C. Josserand and S. Zaleski 2010 Drop dynamics after impact on a solid wall: Theory and simulations Phys. Fluids 22, 062101; doi:10.1063/1.3432498.

Robert D. Schroll, Christophe Josserand, Stéphane Zaleski and Wendy W. Zhang 2010: Impact of a Viscous Liquid Drop, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 034504. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.034504.

Josserand C. , Lemoyne L. , Troeger R. and   Zaleski S. 2005 Droplet impact on a dry surface : triggering the splash with a small obstacle , J. Fluid Mech., 524   47-56

C. Josserand and S. Zaleski 2003: Droplet splashing on a thin liquid film, Phys. Fluids, 15, 1650-1657.  PDF

Gueyffier D. et Zaleski S. 1998: Formation de digitations lors de l'impact d'une goutte sur un film liquide, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris série II b, 326, 839-844.PDF

Atomization and Kelvin-Helmholtz instability

Daniel Fuster, Jérôme Hœpffner, Stephane Popinet and Stéphane Zaleski 2011: Parallel simulation of multiphase flows using the volume-of-fluid method --- revised, Proceedings of the ASME-JSME-KSME Joint Fluid Conference 2011, July 24-29, Hamamatsu, Japan. Download corrected version.This version of the paper was revised after submission to the conference for the proceedings on CD-ROM.

Jérôme Hœpffner, Ralf Blumenthal and Stéphane Zaleski 2011: Self-similar wave produced by local perturbation of the Kelvin-Helmholtz shear-layer instability, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, pp 104502. Download preliminary version.

Anne Bagué , Daniel Fuster, Stéphane Popinet , Ruben Scardovelli and Stéphane Zaleski 2010: Instability growth rate of two-phase mixing layers from a linear eigenvalue problem and an initial value problem, Physics of Fluids, 22, 092104, doi: 10.1063/1.3483206. PDF of a preliminary version.

Tomar G., Daniel Fuster, Stéphane Zaleski, and Stéphane Popinet, Multiscale simulations of primary atomization using Gerris 2010f, Computers and Fluids, 39,Pages 1864-1874, doi:10.1016/j.compfluid.2010.06.018 PDF.

Daniel Fuster, Gilou Agbaglah, Christophe Josserand, Stéphane Popinet and Stéphane Zaleski 2009: Numerical simulation of droplets, bubbles and waves: state of the art, Fluid Dynamics Research 41, 065001 PDF.

A. Bagué, T. Boeck , D. Fuster , L. Le Moyne , A. Leboissetier, S. Popinet , P. Ray , R. Scardovelli and S. Zaleski 2009 Simulation of primary atomization with an octree adaptive mesh refinement and VOF method. International J. Multiphase Flow. 35, Pages 550-565.

Jie Li, Enrique Lopez-Pagés, Philip Yecko and Stéphane Zaleski 2007 : Droplet formation in sheared liquid-gas layers, Theor. Comput. Fluid Dynamics, Vol 21, pp 59-76. PDF.

T. Boeck and S. Zaleski 2005: Viscous versus inviscid instability of two-phase mixing layers with continuous velocity profile, Phys. Fluids, 17, 032106-1-032106-11.

P. Yecko, S. Zaleski  2005: Transient growth in two-phase mixing layers J. Fluid Mech,   528,  43-52.

Philip Yecko,  Stéphane Zaleski and Jose-Maria Fullana 2002: Viscous modes in two-phase mixing layers, Physics of Fluids,  14, pp. 4115-4122

Contact line

S. Afkhami, S. Zaleski, M. Bussmann 2009: A mesh-dependent model for applying dynamic contact angles to VOF simulations, Journal of Computational Physics,228, pages 5370-5389 PDF.

Olivier Devauchelle, Christophe Josserand and Stéphane Zaleski 2007: Forced dewetting on porous media, J. Fluid Mech, 574, 343-364. PDF.

Bubble dynamics, cavitation and other topics

D. Fuster and S. Zaleski, 2010: The importance of liquid evaporation on rectified diffusion processes 7th International Conference on Multiphase Flow, ICMF 2010, Tampa, FL, May 30 - June 4. PDF.

S. Popinet and S. Zaleski, 2002: Bubble collapse near a solid boundary: A numerical study of the influence of viscosity  JFM vol. 464 , pp 137-163  (also in methods section)  PDF

L. Duchemin, S. Popinet, C. Josserand and S. Zaleski, 2001: Jet formation in bubbles bursting at a free surface,  Phys. Fluids.    get PDF

Ory E., Yuan H. Prosperetti A, Popinet S. and S. Zaleski 2000: Growth and collapse of a vapor bubble in a narrow tube, Phys. Fluids,12,1268-1277.

S. Popinet and S. Zaleski, 1999: Coupling of radial and translational motion in small viscous bubbles, 3rd ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, San Francisco, Californie, USA, 18-23 Juillet 1999.

Waves

Chen G., Kharif C., Zaleski S. et J. Li 1999: Two dimensional simulations of breaking waves, 11, 121-133.

Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov instability

Carlès P. and  S. Popinet 2001: Viscous non-linear theory of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability, Physics of Fluids, Letters, 13, 7, p. 1833-1836  PDF 

Carlès P., Popinet S. 2002: The effect of viscosity, surface tension and non-linearity on Richtmyer-Meshkov instability. European Journal of Mechanics B/Fluids, 21, p. 511-526.

Thin sheets and end rims

Fullana J.M. et Zaleski S.1999: Stability of a growing end-rim in a liquid sheet of uniform thickness, Phys. Fluids, 11, 952-954.

Brenner M. P. and D. Gueyffier 1999:  On the bursting of viscous films, Phys. Fluids 11, 737-739.

Methods: front tracking (marker particles)

S. Popinet and S. Zaleski, 2002: Bubble collapse near a solid boundary: A numerical study of the influence of viscosity JFM vol. 464 , pp 137-163  get PDF

Popinet S. et Zaleski S. 1999: A front-tracking algorithm for accurate representation of surface tension, Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fluids 30, 775-793 . get PDF file of a preliminary version (316 kbytes)

PhD dissertations

L. Duchemin, 2001, Quelques problèmes fortement non linéaires de surface libre et leur résolution numérique, 119 pages.these.pdf

Gueyffier D. 2000:     Etude de l'impact de gouttes sur un film liquide mince. get gzipped ps file, A4 size (10 Mbytes)

Popinet S. 2000: Stabilité et formation de jets dans les bulles cavitantes, 172 pp,  get gzipped ps file ,  book size (3 Mbytes)  get cover pages  get gzipped ps file, A4 size (3 Mbytes)


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