On the analysis of bubble growth and detachment at low Capillary and Bond numbers using Volume of Fluid and Level Set methods

▸ Bubble growth and detachment at low Capillary and Bond numbers has been studied. ▸ Four interface capturing methods based on VOF and LS were assessed against experiments. ▸ The LS method of TransAT© has been shown to give consistently accurate results. ▸ The algebraic interface advection method of OpenFOAM® predicted early detachment. ▸ The geometrical VOF methods of Fluent© produced large non-physical oscillations.