https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2009-01034-6
Lattice Boltzmann simulations of capillary filling: Finite vapour density effects
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Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo CNR, Viale del Policlinico 137, 00161 Roma, Italy
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Department of Physics and INFN, University of Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tor Vergata, Viale Politecnico 8, Rome, Italy
Numerical simulations of two-dimensional capillary filling using the pseudo-potential lattice Boltzmann model for multiphase fluids are presented. It is shown that whenever the density of the light-phase exceeds about ten percent of the dense phase, the front motion proceeds through a combined effect of capillary advection and condensation.
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