A computational framework for free surface fluid flows accounting for surface tension
This work is concerned with the simulation of incompressible Newtonian fluid flow problems with free surfaces in the presence of surface tension. The computational framework presented is based on the stabilised velocitypressure finite element method. The movement and deformation of the computational domain are accounted for by employing the arbitrary LagrangianEulerian (ALE) description of the fluid kinematics. The numerical model is extended to incorporate surface tension effects. A novel partitioned solution procedure is developed based on the NewtonRaphson methodology which incorporates full linearisation of the overall incremental problem. Several numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the efficiency of the methodology.
surface tension free surface flow arbitrary lagrangianeulerian (ale) formulation partitioned solution algorithm stabilised finite element method