On the assessment of a VOF based compressive interface capturing scheme for the analysis of bubble impact on and bounce from a flat horizontal surface

The process of free rise, collision on and bounce from a solid horizontal surface for a single isolated bubble is investigated by numerical simulations based on the Volume of Fluid method (VOF). The volume fraction advection equation is solved algebraically using the compressive scheme implemented in the CFD open source library (OpenFOAM®) using both axi-symmetrical and three dimensional domains. The solution sensitivity to the mesh refinement …