Context and challenge: evaporation plays a critical role in energy transfer processes. Evaporation physics are often much simplified for designing of real systems, but the applicability of these simplifications to small-scale flows is unclear.
Approach and objective: evaluating a simplified simulation method (CFD + 1D evaporation, bottom) by comparing it with a more accurate but computationally expensive reference model (direct simulation Monte Carlo, top). Both approaches will be applied to the same physical configuration to assess their consistency and limitations.
If you plan to do a semester/thesis project on this:
What we expect:
– basic programming skills in C++ or Fortran 90
– understanding of fluid dynamics (experience with numerical simulation is an advantage)
What you will learn:
– continuum and mesoscale phase change modeling
– practical experience with numerical simulation methods.
Contact: Takehiro Shiraishi ([email protected])