SIMPLIFIED VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD (SVOF) FOR TWO-PHASE FLOWS

Abstract

The PLIC approach has been usually used in recent implementations of the VOF method i.e. the interphasal surface is approximated by a plane with an arbitrary orientation with respect to the computational cell. Although this method is accurate, it is rather difficult to implement, as a large number of orientations need to be taken into account and the calculation of volume fraction fluxes is not straightforward. A simpler approach to VOF – SLIC – requires much less effort from the programmer but the interface approximation by a plane parallel to the cell surfaces is too crude and the results are not satisfactory. The method presented in the article may be considered as an intermediate approach between PLIC and SLIC – fluxes are computed directly only for the interface’s special orientations and linear interpolation is used for calculation of the fluxes for the remaining cases. Some classical tests of the proposed method are performed and an example of a broken dam problem simulation is presented.