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Numerical Methods for Multiphase Flow and Cavitating Flow

Submission Deadline: 31 October 2026 View: 592 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editor(s)

Prof. Linmin Li

Email: lilinmin@zstu.edu.cn

Affiliation: Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Multiflow and Fluid Machinery, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China

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Research Interests: Eulerian-Lagrangian model, interface capturing method, discrete bubble model

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Dr. Junyu Tao

Email: taojy@zstu.edu.cn

Affiliation: Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Multiflow and Fluid Machinery, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China

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Research Interests: Interested in understanding the multiscale interactions between fluids and solids in complex multiphase systems, with particular emphasis on flow-induced erosion and performance optimization in fluid machinery such as pumps and pipelines. I am particularly interested in cavitating flows, including the nucleation, growth, and collapse of cavitation bubbles and their impact on surface degradation. Additionally, I investigate the multiscale dynamics of droplet breakup, motion, deformation, and coalescence under various flow conditions. These studies aim to advance the understanding and engineering of multiphase flow systems across scales.

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Summary

Multiphase and cavitating flows are common in fluid engineering, appearing in applications such as gas-stirred vessels, oil-gas transportation, fluidized beds, pumps, and turbines. Simulating these flows numerically is challenging due to the complex and nonlinear physical phenomena involved, such as the interactions between phases, multi-scale interfaces, and turbulence. Accurate representation of phase interfaces, turbulence modeling, and coupling of fluid dynamics, heat-mass transfer, and chemical reactions are key challenges.


This Special Issue aims to compile high-quality papers focusing on advanced numerical methods for simulating multiphase and cavitating flows, with a particular emphasis on interface capture, tracking, multi-scale and Euler-Lagrange approaches, turbulence modeling, and complex models considering chemical reactions.


Potential topics include, but are not limited to the following:
- Advanced methods for interface capturing and tracking
- Multi-scale simulation techniques
- Turbulence modeling in multiphase flows
- Euler-Lagrange methods in multiphase simulations
- Modeling of chemical reactions in multiphase and cavitating flows


Keywords

multiphase flow, cavitation, numerical simulation, Eulerian–Lagrangian approach, computational fluid dynamics

Published Papers


  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Simulation Study on the Non-Uniform Characteristics of Boiling Flow and Heat Transfer in Parallel Small Channels

    Chi Zhong, Bo Ye, Xiao Wang, Yang Liu, Linmin Li
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.147, No.3, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2026.082583
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Numerical Methods for Multiphase Flow and Cavitating Flow)
    Abstract With the sharp increase in the heat flux of high-power electronic devices, efficient thermal management has become critically important. Boiling heat transfer in parallel small channels, which utilizes latent heat efficiently, has emerged as a key enabling technology for next-generation cooling solutions. However, parallel channel systems are extremely susceptible to flow instabilities, resulting in severely uneven distributions of flow rate and heat transfer among the channels. This unevenness often leads to local overheating, which in turn restricts the system’s reliability and limits its practical application. In this paper, a three-dimensional transient numerical simulation method was… More >

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