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Diffuse interface treatment in generalized curvilinear coordinates with grid-adapting interface thickness
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford, 94305, CA, USA.
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Engineering Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford, 94305, CA, USA.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4293-2431
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford, 94305, CA, USA.
2026 (English)In: Journal of Computational Physics, ISSN 0021-9991, E-ISSN 1090-2716, Vol. 544, article id 114440Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

A general approach for transforming phase field equations into generalized curvilinear coordinates is proposed in this work. The proposed transformation can be applied to isotropic, non-isotropic, and curvilinear grids without adding any ambiguity in determining the phase field parameters. Moreover, it accurately adapts the interface thickness to the local grid-size for a general curvilinear grid without creating oscillations. Three canonical verification tests are presented on four grids with varying skewness levels. The classic advection and drop in shear tests are extended to curvilinear grids and show that the original phase field on Cartesian grids and the proposed curvilinear form have an identical order of convergence. Additionally, the proposed method is shown to provide grid-independent convergence on a two-way coupled compressible Rayleigh-Taylor instability. These simulations illustrate the robustness and accuracy of the proposed method for handling complex interfacial structures on generalized curvilinear grids.

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Elsevier BV , 2026. Vol. 544, article id 114440
Keywords [en]
Curvilinear coordinates, Diffuse interface, Phase field
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Computational Mathematics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-373614DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2025.114440ISI: 001603167000001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105022200771OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-373614DiVA, id: diva2:2019097
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