Efficient Numerical Modeling of Moving Contact Lines under Non-isothermal Conditions

Project Information

ENMMCL

Grant agreement ID: 658437

DOI 10.3030/658437

Project terminated on 30 September 2017

Start date 6 October 2015

End date 5 October 2017

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 195 454,80

EU contribution € 195 454,80

Coordinated by

QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
United Kingdom

Objective

A moving contact line (MCL) is a moving line of intersection between a fluid/fluid interface and a solid wall. MCLs are central to a wide range of flows in nature and industry, however, their modeling has been a classical difficulty, especially under non-isothermal conditions. The project will tackle this challenge and we will develop a novel computational model enabling simulations of non-isothermal flows involving MCLs with unprecedented efficiency. The model borrows the idea from the large eddy simulation in turbulence modeling; it will resolve the macroscale flows only while model the effect of MCLs using non-isothermal hydrodynamic theories, which will also be developed in the present project. We expect that the model can lead to a reduction of computational effort by nine orders of magnitude for three-dimensional flows, compared with direct numerical simulations using a uniform grid, and it will therefore enable affordable simulations of practical flows in industry.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › physical sciences › classical mechanics › fluid mechanics › fluid dynamics

Keywords

• Moving Contact Lines
• Dynamic Wetting
• Thermocapillarity
• Macroscale Computational Model

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2014-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2014

Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Coordinator

QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

• Net EU contribution: € 195 454,80
• Address: 327 mile end road ; E1 4NS London ; United Kingdom
• Region: London › Inner London — East › Tower Hamlets
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Other funding: € 0,00