Problem of virtual mass force

Submitted by Detian Liu on Sat, 07/18/2015 - 23:43

Dear all,

Recently I have read the code of virtual mass force, but there is a question that:

the original force = 0.5*rho_f*V_p*(Du/Dt-du_s/dt)=0.5*rho_f*V_p*(du/dt+u*div(u)-du_s/dt)

is that means in our virtual mass force model we use:

if splitUrelCalculation, using (Du/Dt) instead of (Du/Dt-du_s/dt),

if not splitUreCalculation, using (Ur-Urold)/dt instead of (Du/Dt-du_s/dt).

Is my understanding of this right?

Thank you!

Detian
2015.7.18