Computational Multiphase Flow

1. Introduction. Possibilities and limitations of computer simulations of multiphase flows.

2. Review of flow equations for single-phase flows. Introduction to turbulence and turbulence modeling. DNS, LES and RANS. Review of numerical methods for incompressible flows.

3. Project discussion and assignment.

4. Basics of dispersed multiphase flows. Heat, momentum and mass transfer between the two phases. Time and length scales. Point-particle concept.

5. Eulerian-Lagrangian DNS/LES.

6. Eulerian-Lagrangian RANS.

7. Two-fluid approach.

8. Basics of multiphase flow modeling. Particle-fluid interaction. Particle-particle interaction. Boundary conditions and particle-wall interaction.

9. Numerical aspects of multiphase simulations.

10. Complex flows and geometries.

11. Introduction to simulations with interface resolution. Immersed boundary methods, front-tracking and front-capturing.

12. Project presentation.