Thermodynamically Consistent Diffuse Interface Models for Incompressible Two-Phase Flows with Different Densities

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2010-11-02

arxiv.org/abs/1011.0528v1

Physics

Fluid Dynamics

34 pages

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A new diffuse interface model for a two-phase flow of two incompressible fluids with different densities is introduced using methods from rational continuum mechanics. The model fulfills local and global dissipation inequalities and is also generalized to situations with a soluble species. Using the method of matched asymptotic expansions we derive various sharp interface models in the limit when the interfacial thickness tends to zero. Depending on the scaling of the mobility in the diffusion equation we either derive classical sharp interface models or models where bulk or surface diffusion is possible in the limit. In the two latter cases the classical Gibbs-Thomson equation has to be modified to include kinetic terms. Finally, we show that all sharp interface models fulfill natural energy inequalities.

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