We present a 3D mathematical model with its numerical resolution in order to simulate a two-phase-flow: water-air. The model is based on a coupling between the Navier-Stokes system and the Vlasov equation. We proposed an algorithm for numerical solution of the model wherein we discretize the Navier-Stokes system by the finite volume method and the Vlasov equation by the particle method. Some numerical simulations are carried out on a test problem and they are in adequacy with the experimental results.

two-phase flow, Vlasov equation, Navier-Stokes equations, particle method.

Received: June 8, 2021; Accepted: June 29, 2021; Published: September 23, 2021

How to cite this article: Rabé Bade and Hedia Chaker, Numerical Simulation of Tracking Suspended Particles in a Fluid, Advances and Applications in Fluid Mechanics 26(2) (2021), 123-140. DOI: 10.17654/FM026020123

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