Smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulation of a laser pulse impact onto a liquid metal droplet

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 9; p. e0204125
• Main Authors: Koukouvinis, Phoevos, Kyriazis, Nikolaos, Gavaises, Manolis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 25.09.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Ablation; Aeronautics; Applied physics; Cavitation; Compressibility; Computational fluid dynamics; Computer science; Computer simulation; Deformation; Droplets; Engineering and Technology; Equations of state; Finite element method; Fluid dynamics; Fluid flow; Fluid mechanics; Free surfaces; Hydraulics; Hydrodynamics; Lasers; Low pressure; Mathematical models; Mathematics; Mechanical engineering; Metals; Methods; Numerical analysis; Numerical schemes; Physical Sciences; Rarefaction; Research and Analysis Methods; Shock waves; Smooth particle hydrodynamics; Social Sciences; Tin; Transistors; Turbines; Vacuum; United Kingdom > UK

The impact of a laser pulse onto a liquid metal droplet is numerically investigated by utilising a weakly compressible single phase model; the thermodynamic closure is achieved by the Tait equation of state (EoS) for the liquid metal. The smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method, which has been...