Seminar series
Date
Thu, 16 Feb 2006
Time
14:00 -
15:00
Location
Comlab
Speaker
Dr David Kay
Organisation
University of Sussex
The Cahn-Hilliard equations provides a model of phase transitions when two or more immiscible fluids interact. When coupled with the Navier-Stokes equations we obtain a model fro the dynamics of multiphase flow. This model takes into account the viscosity and densities of the various fluids present.
A finite element discretisation of the variable density Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes equations is presented. An analysis of the discretisation and a reliable efficient numerical solution method are presented.