Research Article

Numerical simulations of large falling drops

  1. Louis Gottesdiener*,
  2. Denis Gueyffier,
  3. Mohammed Abdelouahab,
  4. Renée Gatignol,
  5. Stéphane Zaleski

Article first published online: 1 APR 2004

DOI: 10.1002/fld.489

Issue

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volume 45, Issue 1, pages 109–123, 10 May 2004

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Gottesdiener, L., Gueyffier, D., Abdelouahab, M., Gatignol, R. and Zaleski, S. (2004), Numerical simulations of large falling drops. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 45: 109–123. doi: 10.1002/fld.489

Author Information

  1. Laboratoire de Modélisation en Mécanique, UMR CNRS 7607, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4, place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France

*17 Av. Dr. Arnold Netter, 75012 Paris, France

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 1 APR 2004
  2. Article first published online: 1 APR 2004
  3. Manuscript Revised: 10 AUG 2002
  4. Manuscript Received: 1 MAR 2001

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Keywords:

  • drop;
  • falling drop;
  • terminal velocity;
  • two-phase medium;
  • numerical simulation;
  • fluid dynamic

Abstract

The numerical simulation in a two-phase medium of falling drops allows their velocities and shapes during the fall to be calculated. The terminal velocities and shapes for bromoform and chlorobenzene drops falling into water have been obtained. Although the method used calculates the flow inside and around the drop, it has not been possible to give results independent of the spatial discretization and the boundary effects. However, taking these influences into account, the numerical results agree with the experimental data given and the study consists of a good validation of the SURFER code used. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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