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A direct numerical simulation method is developed for 3D particle motion in liquid film evaporation. The liquid-gas and fluid-solid interfaces are tracked by a sharp-interface Level-set (LS) method, which includes the effects of evaporation, contact line and solid particles. The LS method is validated through simulation of the interaction between two particles falling in a single-phase fluid. The LS based DNS method is applied to computation of the particle motion in liquid film evaporation to investigate the particle-interface and particle-particle interactions.
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Hochan Hwang received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Sogang University in 2013. He is currently a graduate student of Mechanical Engineering at Sogang University, Korea. Mr. Hwang’s research interests are in the area of multiphase flow and heat transfer.
Gihun Son received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Seoul National University in 1986 and 1988, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA in 1996. Dr. Son is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Sogang University, Korea. His research interests are in the areas of heat transfer, multiphase flow and power plant.
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Hwang, H., Son, G. Direct numerical simulation of 3D particle motion in an evaporating liquid film. J Mech Sci Technol 30, 3929–3934 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-016-0804-3
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