A new surface-tension formulation for multi-phase SPH using a reproducing divergence approximation

In this paper, we propose a new surface-tension formulation for multi-phase smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH). To obtain a stable and accurate scheme for surface curvature, a new reproducing divergence approximation without the need for a matrix inversion is derived. Furthermore, we introduce a density-weighted color-gradient formulation to reflect the reality of an asymmetrically distributed surface-tension force. We validate our method with analytic solutions and demonstrate convergence for different cases. Furthermore, we show that our formulation can handle phase interfaces with density and viscosity ratios of up to 1000 and 100, respectively. Finally, complex three-dimensional simulations including breakup of an interface demonstrate the capabilities of our method.

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