Numerical study of advection schemes for interface-capturing using gradient smoothing method

Abstract

Based on the newly developed gradient smoothing method (GSM), three interface-capturing schemes have been implementing using unstructured mesh. The volume of fluid (VOF) model is solved without explicitly interface reconstructing in the framework of GSM. The variables on upwind points are successfully approximated using centroid GSM (cGSM) scheme, which generally cannot be clearly defined on unstructured mesh. Compressive interface-capturing scheme for arbitrary meshes (CICSAM), flux-blending interface-capturing scheme (FBICS), and cubic upwind interpolation-based blending scheme (CUIBS) have been employed through three benchmark cases. The results indicate that FBICS and CUIBS can produce more accurate predictions using unstructured meshes.