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Fluid Flows with Complex Free Surfaces 205<br />

Fig. 9. Fingering instabilities. Shape of the liquid region at times t = 0 s (left) <strong>and</strong><br />

t =0.745 s (right).<br />

Fig. 10. Fingering instabilities. Horizontal cuts through the middle of the liquid<br />

region at times t =0.119 s, t =0.245 s, t =0.364 s, t =0.49 s (first row) <strong>and</strong> times<br />

t =0.609 s, t =0.735 s, t =0.854 s, t =0.98 s (second row).<br />

6 Conclusions<br />

An efficient computational model for the simulation of two-phases flows has<br />

been presented. It allows to consider both Newtonian <strong>and</strong> non-Newtonian<br />

flows. It relies on an Eulerian framework <strong>and</strong> couples finite element techniques<br />

with a forward characteristics method. Numerical results illustrate the large<br />

range of applications covered by the model. Extensions are being investigated<br />

(1) to couple viscoelastic <strong>and</strong> surface tension effects, (2) to reduce the CPU<br />

time required to solve Stokes problems, <strong>and</strong> (3) to improve the reconstruction<br />

of the interface <strong>and</strong> the computation of surface tension effects.<br />

Acknowledgement. The authors wish to thank Vincent Maronnier for his contribution<br />

to this project <strong>and</strong> his implementation support.

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