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Multiphase Flows

Multiphase Flows

How to trap DPM particles flowing with air on a free-surface (VOF interface)?

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      If DPM is run in conjunction with the VOF model and it is desirable to capture the particles hitting the phase interface or the free-surface, a user-defined function (UDF) based treatment must be employed. The attached solution documents present a UDF where the particles are trapped at the instant they hit or try to penetrate the interface. A more advanced treatment can be built upon this which may also account for surface tension effects, angles between particle velocity and interface normal, particle momentum etc.

      Attachments:
      1. 2056267.pdf
      2. 2056267.zip