Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Pore-scale Multiphase Flow: Theoretical Analysis and Simulation

dc.contributor.advisorRiviere, Beatriceen_US
dc.creatorLiu, Chenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-16T19:13:02Zen_US
dc.date.available2019-05-16T19:13:02Zen_US
dc.date.created2019-05en_US
dc.date.issued2019-04-17en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2019en_US
dc.date.updated2019-05-16T19:13:03Zen_US
dc.description.abstractIn this dissertation, we formulate a pressure-correction projection algorithm, in conjunction with the interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin scheme for time and space discretization to build a single-phase incompressible Navier–Stokes simulator and a two-phase Cahn–Hilliard–Navier–Stokes simulator. The method is a decoupled algorithm, which is especially convenient for large-scale 3D numerical simulations in complex geometry, such as in porous structures obtained from microtomography scanning. The simulators we implemented are robust. The numerical experiment results have been validated on a series of realistic physical problems and exhibit the potential for computing effective properties of single/two-phase flow such as permeability and saturation. Theoretical analysis of the numerical methods for solving multiphase flow model will also contribute to the understanding of the complex multi-scale fluid system from the mathematical point of view. In this dissertation, we also analyze a non-symmetric interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin scheme for solving the mixed form of the Cahn–Hilliard equation and a symmetric interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin scheme for solving the Cahn–Hilliard–Navier–Stokes equations. We prove several numerical properties for these numerical schemes, including unique solvability, stability analysis, and error analysis.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationLiu, Chen. "Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Pore-scale Multiphase Flow: Theoretical Analysis and Simulation." (2019) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105407">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105407</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/105407en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectinterior penalty discontinuous Galerkinen_US
dc.subjectCahn–Hilliard–Navier–Stokesen_US
dc.subjectporous mediaen_US
dc.titleDiscontinuous Galerkin Methods for Pore-scale Multiphase Flow: Theoretical Analysis and Simulationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentComputational and Applied Mathematicsen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineeringen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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