Multiphase flows as a research area focus on the physics, modeling, and numerical simulation of flows involving more than one thermodynamic phase (e.g., gas–liquid, liquid–solid, gas–solid, or gas–liquid–solid systems). The field investigates interfacial dynamics, phase distribution, momentum, mass, and heat transfer between phases, and the onset of instabilities and flow regime transitions. Research emphasizes constitutive modeling (e.g., Euler–Euler and Euler–Lagrange frameworks), closure relations for interphase forces and turbulence, high-fidelity experimental diagnostics, and advanced computational methods to predict and control multiphase behavior in applications such as energy systems, chemical reactors, and environmental flows.
Most of us are familiar with the classic example of a liquid-gas moving contact line on a solid surface: a raindrop, sheared by the wind, creeps along a glass windscreen. The contact line's movements depend on the interplay ...
Soft Matter
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Millions of barrels of oil are produced daily from shale reservoirs, yet a significant amount remains untouched, trapped in molecular-sized pores on a nanoscale. Current reservoir models can't predict oil behavior or recovery ...
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Solid-liquid-gas reactions are common in various natural phenomenon and industrial applications, such as hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell reactions, heterogeneous catalysis and metal corrosion in ambient environments. However, the ...
Nanophysics
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Hydrodynamic cavitation is a major phase change phenomena that can occur with a sudden decrease in the local static pressure within a fluid. The emergence of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and high-speed microfluidic ...
