28 August 2022 to 1 September 2022
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts – SASA
Europe/Belgrade timezone

A weighted particle scheme for solving the Enskog-Vlasov equation in spherical geometry

S09-TMCP-101
29 Aug 2022, 15:45
15m
Hall 301F (MI SASA)

Hall 301F

MI SASA

Board: S09-TMCP-101
Oral presentation S09 Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics S09 Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

Speaker

Dr Sergiu Busuioc (West University of Timisoara)

Description

The Enskog-Vlasov equation has proven successful in investigating fluids undergoing a phase change [1,2,3,4]. However, the numerical solution of this kinetic model is computationally demanding and, therefore, existing studies are restricted to one-dimensional planar flows or flows with cylindrical symmetry. In this work, a weighted particle scheme is developed for solving the Enskog–Vlasov equation in spherically symmetric geometry. It is shown how to cope with the non-local structure of the Enskog collision integral and a closed-form expression of the mean force field is determined using the shell theorem.

As an application, the growth rates of nano-droplets/bubbles in the bulk of a homogeneous metastable vapour/liquid are evaluated in a wide range of supersaturation ratios that was not possible until now due to the high computational cost required by alternate approaches.

The proposed scheme significantly broadens the range of problems that can be investigated via the Enskog-Vlasov equation, and it is thus a valuable tool for studying fluid flows with phase change.

References
1. A. Frezzotti, L. Gibelli, S. Lorenzani, 17, 012102 (2005).
2. M. Kon, K. Kobayashi, M. Watanabe, 26, 072003 (2014).
3. P. Barbante, A. Frezzotti, L. Gibelli, 8, 235–254 (2015).
4. E. Benilov, M. Benilov, 2019, 103205 (2019).

Primary author

Dr Sergiu Busuioc (West University of Timisoara)

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