A Robust and accurate Riemann solver for a compressible two-phase flow model

Sahadeb Kuila, T. Raja Sekhar and D. Zeidan

Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2015, vol. 265, issue C, 681-695

Abstract: In this paper we analyze the Riemann problem for the widely used drift-flux two-phase flow model. This analysis introduces the complete information that is attained in the representation of solutions to the Riemann problem. It turns out that the Riemann waves have rarefactions, a contact discontinuity and shocks. Within this respect, an exact Riemann solver is developed to accurately resolve and represent the complete wave structure of the gas-liquid two-phase flows. To verify the solver, a series of test problems selected from the literature are presented including validation against independent numerical simulations where the solution of the Riemann problem is fully numerical. In this framework the governing equations are discretized by finite volume techniques facilitating the application Godunov methods of centred-type. It is shown that both analytical and numerical results demonstrate the broad applicability and robustness of the new exact Riemann solver.

Keywords: Hyperbolic conservative PDEs; Drift-flux model; Riemann problem; Exact solver; Finite volume; Godunov centred methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2015.05.086

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