An energy-dissipative level-set method for the incompressible two-phase Navier-Stokes equations with surface tension using functional entropy variables

Abstract

This paper presents the first energy-dissipative level-set method for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with surface tension. The methodology relies on the recently proposed concept of functional entropy variables. Discretization in space is performed with isogeometric analysis. Temporal-integration is performed with a new perturbed midpoint scheme. The fully-discrete scheme is unconditionally energy-dissipative, pointwise divergence-free and satisfies the maximum principle for the density. Numerical examples in two and three dimensions verify the energetic-stability of the methodology.

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