A nonlocal pressure equation is derived from mean-field free energy theory for calculating liquid-vapor systems. The proposed equation is validated analytically by showing that it reduces to van der Waals’ square-gradient approximation under the assumption of slow density variations. The proposed nonlocal pressure is implemented in the mean-field free energy lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). The LBM is applied to simulate equilibrium liquid-vapor interface properties and interface dynamics of capillary waves and oscillating droplets in vapor. Computed results are validated with Maxwell constructions of liquid-vapor coexistence densities, theoretical relationship of variation of surface tension with temperature, theoretical planar interface density profiles, Laplace’s law of capillarity, dispersion relationship between frequency and wave number of capillary waves, and the relationship between radius and the oscillating frequency of droplets in vapor. It is shown that the nonlocal pressure formulation gives excellent agreement with theory.
Issue Section:
Technical Papers
Keywords:
two-phase flow,
gradient methods,
lattice Boltzmann methods,
flow simulation,
capillary waves,
fluid oscillations,
drops,
surface tension,
capillarity,
dispersion relations
Topics:
Density,
Drops,
Equilibrium (Physics),
Pressure,
Surface tension,
Vapors,
Waves,
Temperature,
Capillarity
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