Thermodynamically Consistent Hydrodynamic Models of Multi-Component Fluid Flows
This work provides a systematic framework for deriving thermodynamically consistent models of multi-component fluid flows, which is important for researchers in fluid dynamics and materials science.
The authors derive thermodynamically consistent hydrodynamic models for multi-component fluid flows using the generalized Onsager principle, obtaining compressible and quasi-incompressible models. Linear stability analysis reveals differences in near-equilibrium dynamics among binary models.
We present a systematic derivation of thermodynamically consistent hydrodynamic phase field models for compressible viscous fluid mixtures using the generalized Onsager principle. By maintaining momentum conservation while enforcing mass conservation at different levels, we obtain two compressible models. When the fluid components in the mixture are incompressible, we show the compressible model reduces to the quasi-incompressible model via a Lagrange multiplier approach. Several equivalent approaches to arrive at the quasi-incompressible model are discussed. Finally, we conduct a linear stability analysis on all binary models and show the differences of the models in near equilibrium dynamics.