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Verification of volume-of-fluid (VOF) simulation for thin liquid film applications

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dc.contributor.authorBalachandran S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorShuaib N.H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHasini H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorYusoff M.Z.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57198136539en_US
dc.contributor.authorid13907934500en_US
dc.contributor.authorid6507435998en_US
dc.contributor.authorid7003976733en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-28T07:30:43Z
dc.date.available2023-12-28T07:30:43Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes the application of the built-in Volume-of-Fluid (VOF) model in the commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software FLUENTTM and the verification of its accuracy. As the VOF model is based on the field volume fraction calculations and surface reconstruction methods, in which a free surface is not explicitly tracked, the aim was to verify that a reconstructed surface obtained by VOF simulation is representative of a real surface. For this purpose, various cases of a thin liquid film flowing into rectangular cavities were simulated and the resulting surface profiles analyzed in terms of the normal velocity of the constructed surface, which should be zero in a real surface. Both the cases of small and large surface tension coefficients were simulated and the results showed that the VOF model is capable of generating surface profiles with reasonably accurate normal velocity condition for the cases with small or no surface tension. For high surface tension values, the existence of spurious interface velocity as previously reported in the literature was confirmed. Comparisons of the VOF-calculated surface profiles with the ones obtained using the explicit surface tracking algorithms such as the Boundary Element Method (BEM) reported in the literature showed that the VOF model is able to produce the expected profiles of thin liquid film flowing a two-dimensional rectangular cavity and thus can be considered for simulation of other applications involving thin liquid film flows, provided the grid refinement based on the volume fraction gradient is applied. �2009 IEEE.en_US
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dc.identifier.ArtNo5398607
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/ICEENVIRON.2009.5398607
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dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/29671
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dc.sourcetitleICEE 2009 - Proceeding 2009 3rd International Conference on Energy and Environment: Advancement Towards Global Sustainability
dc.subjectComputational fluid dynamics (CFD)
dc.subjectThin film flows
dc.subjectVolume of fluid (VOF)
dc.subjectBoundary element method
dc.subjectCapillarity
dc.subjectCavity resonators
dc.subjectComputational fluid dynamics
dc.subjectFlow patterns
dc.subjectFluid dynamics
dc.subjectLiquid films
dc.subjectSurface chemistry
dc.subjectSurface properties
dc.subjectSurface tension
dc.subjectSustainable development
dc.subjectThin film devices
dc.subjectThin films
dc.subjectTitration
dc.subjectTwo dimensional
dc.subjectVerification
dc.subjectWetting
dc.subjectExplicit surface
dc.subjectFree surfaces
dc.subjectGrid refinement
dc.subjectInterface velocity
dc.subjectOther applications
dc.subjectReconstructed surfaces
dc.subjectRectangular cavity
dc.subjectSurface profiles
dc.subjectSurface tension coefficient
dc.subjectSurface tension values
dc.subjectThin film flow
dc.subjectThin liquid film
dc.subjectVOF model
dc.subjectVolume of fluid (VOF)
dc.subjectVolume of fluids
dc.subjectFluids
dc.titleVerification of volume-of-fluid (VOF) simulation for thin liquid film applicationsen_US
dc.typeConference paperen_US
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