Modified HLLC-VOF solver for incompressible two-phase fluid flows

Abstract: A modified HLLC-type contact preserving Riemann solver for incompressible two-phase flows using the artificial compressibility formulation is presented. Here, the density is omitted from the pressure evolution equation. Also, while calculating the eigenvalues and eigenvectors, the variations of the volume fraction is taken into account. Hence, the equations for the intermediate states and the intermediate wave speed are different from the previous HLLC-VOF formulation [Bhat S P and Mandal J C, J. Comput. Phys. 379 (2019), pp. 173-191]. Additionally, an interface compression algorithm is used in tandem to ensure sharp interfaces. The modified Riemann solver is found to be robust compared to the previous HLLC-VOF solver, and the results produced are superior compared to non-contact preserving solver. Several test problems in two- and three-dimensions are solved to evaluate the efficacy of the solver on structured and unstructured meshes.