A comparison of ensemble- and volume-averaged bubbly flow models
- Creators
- Bryngelson, Spencer H.
- Colonius, Tim
Abstract
We compare volume- and ensemble-averaged bubbly flow models. Volume-averaging is a deterministic process for which bubbles are represented in a Lagrangian framework as advected particles, each sampled from a distribution of equilibrium bubble sizes. Ensemble-averaging instead uses mixture-averaged equations in an Eulerian reference frame for the associated bubble properties, each represented by bins of the equilibrium distribution. In both cases, bubbles are modeled as spherical with dynamics governed by the Keller-Miksis equation. Computationally, there are tradeoffs between these two approaches. Here, we simulate an acoustically excited dilute bubble screen and compare the computational efficiency of the two approaches.
Additional Information
The authors would like to thank Kevin Schmidmayer for fruitful discussions. This work was supported in part by the Office of Naval Research under grant N0014-17-1-2676.Attached Files
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- Eprint ID
- 96961
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20190709-092059850
- Office of Naval Research (ONR)
- N0014-17-1-2676
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2019-07-10Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2019-10-03Created from EPrint's last_modified field