Adaptive Moment-of-Fluid Method: a New Volume-Tracking Method for Multiphase Flow Computation

  • Ahn, Hyung-Taek (School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, University of Ulsan) ;
  • Shashkov, Mikhail (Theoretical Division, Group T-7, Los Alamos National Laboratory)
  • Published : 2008.10.24

Abstract

A novel adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) strategy based on the Moment-of-Fluid (MOF) method for volume-tracking dynamic interface computation is presented. The Moment-of-Fluid method is a new interface reconstruction and volume advection method using volume fraction as well as material centroid. The mesh refinement is performed based on the error indicator, the deviation of the actual centroid obtained by interface reconstruction from the reference centroid given by moment advection process. Using the AMR-MOF method, the accuracy of volume-tracking computation with evolving interfaces is improved significantly compared to other published results.

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