A Lattice Boltzmann Study of Phase Separation in Liquid-Vapor Systems with Gravity

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  • Artur Cristea, Giuseppe Gonnella, Antonio Lamura & Victor Sofonea

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https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.2009.08.205

Abstract

Phase separation of a two-dimensional van der Waals fluid subject to a gravitational force is studied by numerical simulations based on lattice Boltzmann methods implemented with a finite difference scheme. A growth exponent α=1 is measured in the direction of the external force.

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2018-03-24

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2010)

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A Lattice Boltzmann Study of Phase Separation in Liquid-Vapor Systems with Gravity. (2018). Communications in Computational Physics, 7(2), 350-361. https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.2009.08.205