Publications

2025

C. Gorges, F. Evrard, R. Chiodi, B. van Wachem and F. Denner, Sharp front tracking with geometric interface reconstruction. Journal of Computational Physics 535 (2025), 114059. 

S. Schenke, F. Sewerin, B. van Wachem and F. Denner, Wave-DNA: A software tool for simulating nonlinear acoustic waves emitted by moving boundaries. SoftwareX 30 (2025), 102101. 

C. Gorges, V. Chéron, A. Chopra, F. Denner and B. van Wachem, Correlations for aerodynamic force coefficients of non-spherical particles in compressible flows. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 184 (2025), 105111. 

R. Janodet, B. van Wachem and F. Denner, A fully-coupled algorithm with implicit surface tension treatment for interfacial flows with large density ratios. Journal of Computational Physics 520 (2025), 113520. 

2024

P. Coulombel and F. Denner, Modeling time-delayed acoustic interactions of cavitation bubbles and bubble clusters. Physics of Fluids 36 (2024), 122109. 

A. Jain, F. Denner and B. van Wachem, Dispersion of particles in a sessile droplet evaporating on a heated substrate. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 180 (2024), 104956. 

A. K. Erdem, F. Denner and L. Biancofiore, Numerical analysis of the dispersion and deposition of particles in evaporating sessile droplets. Langmuir 40 (2024), 13428-13445. 

F. Denner, The Kirkwood-Bethe hypothesis for bubble dynamics, cavitation, and underwater explosions. Physics of Fluids 36 (2024), 051302.

F. Denner, Acoustic pressure modulation driven by spatially non-uniform flow. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 155 (2024), 984-989.

D. Mnich, F. Reuter, F. Denner and C.-D. Ohl, Single cavitation bubble dynamics in a stagnation flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 979 (2024), A18.

2023

C. Gorges, A. Hodžić, F. Evrard, B. van Wachem, C.M. Velte and F. Denner, Efficient reduction of vertex clustering using front tracking with surface normal propagation restriction. Journal of Computational Physics 491 (2023), 112406.

S. Schenke, F. Sewerin, B. van Wachem and F. Denner, Amplitude modulation of acoustic waves in accelerating flows quantified using acoustic black and white hole analogues. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 154 (2023), 781–791.

F. Denner and S. Schenke, APECSS: A software library for cavitation bubble dynamics and acoustic emissions. Journal of Open Source Software 8 (2023), 5435.

F. Denner and S. Schenke, Modeling acoustic emissions and shock formation of cavitation bubbles. Physics of Fluids 35 (2023), 012114.

2022

S. Schenke, F. Sewerin, B. van Wachem and F. Denner, Acoustic black hole analogy to analyze nonlinear acoustic wave dynamics in accelerating flow fields. Physics of Fluids 34 (2022), 097103.

F. Denner, F. Evrard and B. van Wachem, Breaching the capillary time-step constraint using a coupled VOF method with implicit surface tension. Journal of Computational Physics 459 (2022), 111128.

C. Gorges, F. Evrard, B. van Wachem and F. Denner, Reducing volume and shape errors in front tracking by divergence-preserving velocity interpolation and parabolic fit vertex positioning. Journal of Computational Physics 457 (2022), 111072.

S. Schenke, F. Sewerin, B. van Wachem and F. Denner, Explicit predictor-corrector method for nonlinear acoustic waves excited by a moving wave emitting boundary. Journal of Sound and Vibration 527 (2022), 116814.

C.P. Zanutto, F. Evrard, B. van Wachem, F. Denner and E.E. Paladino, Modeling interfacial mass transfer of highly non-ideal mixtures using an algebraic VOF method. Chemical Engineering Science 251 (2022), 117458.

C.P. Zanutto, E.E. Paladino, F. Evrard, B. van Wachem and F. Denner, Modeling of interfacial mass transfer based on a single-field formulation and an algebraic VOF method considering non-isothermal systems and large volume changes. Chemical Engineering Science 247 (2022), 116855.

F. Denner, F. Evrard, A.A. Castrejón-Pita, J.R. Castrejón-Pita and B. van Wachem, Reversal and inversion of capillary jet breakup at large excitation amplitudes. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion 108 (2022), 843–863.

2021

V.W.F. de Azevedo, F. Denner, F. Evrard and E.E. Paladino, Performance evaluation of standard second-order finite volume method for DNS solution of turbulent channel flow. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering 43 (2021), 513.

J. Gümmer, S. Schenke and F. Denner, Modelling lipid-coated microbubbles in focused ultrasound applications at subresonance frequencies. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology 47 (2021), 2958–2979.

R.F.L. Cerqueira, E.E. Paladino, F. Evrard, F. Denner and B. van Wachem, Multiscale modeling and validation of the flow around Taylor bubbles surrounded with small dispersed bubbles using a coupled VOF-DBM approach. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 141 (2021), 103673.

Z. Ren, S. Liu, B.H. Tan, F. Denner, F. Evrard, B. van Wachem, Z. Zuo and C.-D. Ohl, Strong shear flows release gaseous nuclei from surface micro- and nanobubbles. Physical Review Fluids 6 (2021), 043601.

S.R. Gonzalez-Avila, F. Denner and C.-D. Ohl, The acoustic pressure generated by cavitation bubble expansion and collapse near a rigid wall. Physics of Fluids 33 (2021), 032118.

F. Denner, F. Evrard, F. Reuter, S.R. Gonzalez-Avila, B. van Wachem and C.-D. Ohl, Predicting laser-induced cavitation near a solid substrate. Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics 20 (2021), e202000007. 

F. Evrard, F. Denner and B. van Wachem, Quantifying the errors of the particle-source-in-cell Euler-Lagrange method. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 135 (2021), 103535. 

F. Denner, The Gilmore-NASG model to predict single-bubble cavitation in compressible liquids. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 70 (2021), 105307. 

2020

F. Evrard, F. Denner and B. van Wachem, Euler-Lagrange modelling of dilute particle-laden flows with arbitrary particle-size to mesh-spacing ratio. Journal of Computational Physics: X 8 (2020), 100078.

L. Shen, F. Denner, N. Morgan, B. van Wachem and D. Dini, Transient structures in rupturing thin-films: Marangoni-induced symmetry-breaking pattern formation in viscous fluids. Science Advances 6 (2020), eabb0597. 

F. Evrard, F. Denner and B. van Wachem, Height-function curvature estimation with arbitrary order on non-uniform Cartesian grids. Journal of Computational Physics: X 7 (2020), 100060. 

F. Denner, F. Evrard and B. van Wachem, Modeling acoustic cavitation using a pressure-based algorithm for polytropic fluids. Fluids 5 (2020), 69. 

F. Denner, F. Evrard and B. van Wachem, Conservative finite-volume framework and pressure-based algorithm for flows of incompressible, ideal-gas and real-gas fluids at all speeds. Journal of Computational Physics 409 (2020), 109348. 

2019

A.B. Thompson, S.N. Gomes, F. Denner, M.C. Dallaston and S. Kalliadasis, Robust low-dimensional modelling of falling liquid films subject to variable wall heating. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 877 (2019), 844–881.

F. Evrard, F. Denner and B. van Wachem, A multi-scale approach to simulate atomisation processes. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 119 (2019), 194–216. 

F. Denner and B. van Wachem, Numerical modelling of shock-bubble interactions using a pressure-based algorithm without Riemann solvers. Experimental & Computational Multiphase Flow 1 (2019), 271–285.

H. Perrier, F. Denner, M. Eaton and B. van Wachem, On the numerical modelling of Corium spreading using Volume-of-Fluid methods. Nuclear Engineering and Design 345 (2019), 216–232.

F. Evrard, F. Denner and B. van Wachem, Surface reconstruction from discrete indicator functions. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 25 (2019), 1629–1635. 

2025

P. Coulombel and F. Denner, Onset of acoustic cavitation in transient pressure fields, 12th International Conference on Multiphase Flow, 12-16 May 2025, Toulouse, France.

C. Gorges, V. Chéron, A. Chopra, F. Denner and B. van Wachem, Correlations for aerodynamic force coefficients of non-spherical particles in compressible flows, 12th International Conference on Multiphase Flow, 12-16 May 2025, Toulouse, France.

P. Coulombel and F. Denner, Acoustic cavitation is self similar, 2025 Thousand Islands Fluid Dynamics Meeting, 25-27 April 2025, Gananoque, ON, Canada.

2024

C. Gorges, B. van Wachem and F. Denner, Numerical study of the influence of surface rheology for rising bubbles with insoluble surfactants using front tracking methods, 5th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Multiphase Flows, 26-28 June 2024, Reykjavik, Iceland.

G. Gennari, C. Gorges, F. Denner and B. van Wachem, A comparison of numerical approaches for the modelling of fluid particle coalescence with front tracking, 5th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Multiphase Flows, 26-28 June 2024, Reykjavik, Iceland.

F. Denner, D. Mnich, F. Reuter and C.-D. Ohl, Steering jetting cavitation by flow, 2024 Congress of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, 26-29 May 2024, Toronto, ON, Canada.

F. Denner, Mitigating the capillary time-step constraint of gas-liquid flow simulations, 34th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, North and South America, 19-22 May 2024, Ithaca, NY, USA. Invited keynote lecture.

P. Coulombel and F. Denner, Modelling compressible interactions in cavitation bubble clusters, 2024 Thousand Islands Fluid Dynamics Meeting, 10-12 May 2024, Gananoque, ON, Canada.

F. Denner, C. Gorges, F. Evrard and B. van Wachem, Fully-coupled implicit finite-volume algorithm for viscoelastic flows, 2nd Conference of the Canadian Association for Computational Science and Engineering, 13-16 January 2024, Banff, AB, Canada.

2023

V.W.F de Azevedo, F. Denner and E.E. Paladino, Study of the influence of the film height on near interface turbulent structure in gas-liquid stratified via DNS, 27th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering (COBEM 2023), 4-8 December 2023, Florianópolis, Brazil.

S. Schenke, F. Sewerin, B. van Wachem and F. Denner, Amplitude modulation of acoustic waves in accelerating flows, 76th Annual DFD Meeting of the American Physical Society, 19-21 November 2022, Washington D.C., USA.

D. Mnich, F. Reuter, F. Denner and C.-D. Ohl, Single cavitation bubble dynamics and erosion in a stagnation flow, Workshop on Cavitation Exploitation 2023, 20-22 September 2023, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

A.K. Erdem, F. Denner and L. Biancofiore, Particle dispersion and deposition in evaporating two-dimensional sessile droplets, 11th Conference of the Int. Marangoni Association, 19-22 June 2023, Bordeaux, France.

C. Gorges, F. Evrard, R. Chiodi, B. van Wachem and F. Denner, A sharp front tracking method based on geometric interface reconstruction, 11th International Conference on Multiphase Flow, 2-7 April 2023, Kobe, Japan.

2022

B. van Wachem, A. Chandran, F. Denner and F. Evrard, Self-induced velocity disturbance correction in Euler-Lagrange simulations of dense particle-laden flows, 75th Annual DFD Meeting of the American Physical Society, 20-22 November 2022, Indianapolis, IN, USA.

F. Denner, C. Gorges, F. Evrard and B. van Wachem, Fully-coupled algorithm for viscoelastic interfacial flows, 4th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Multiphase Flows, 28-30 September 2022, Venice, Italy.

C. Gorges, A. Hodzic, F. Evrard, C.M. Velte, B. van Wachem and F. Denner, Front tracking with surface normal propagation restriction, 4th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Multiphase Flows, 28-30 September 2022, Venice, Italy.

S. Schenke, F. Sewerin, B. van Wachem and F. Denner, Numerical prediction of acoustic wave dynamics in moving fluids and acoustic black holes, 92nd Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM), 15-19 August 2022, Aachen, Germany.

C. Gorges, F. Evrard, B. van Wachem and F. Denner, Front tracking of surfactant-laden interfacial flows with surface viscosity, 92nd Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM), 15-19 August 2022, Aachen, Germany.

F. Denner and S. Schenke, Modelling acoustic emissions of cavitation bubbles, Symposium on Cavitation meets Data Science, 10-11 June 2022, Göttingen, Germany.

S. Schenke, R. Saha and F. Denner, Predicting acoustic emissions of ultrasound-driven lipid-coated microbubbles, 182nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 23-27 May 2022, Denver, CO, USA.

S. Schenke, F. Sewerin, B. van Wachem and F. Denner, Simulating acoustic waves in acoustic black hole analogues, 182nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 23-27 May 2022, Denver, CO, USA.

2021

F. Denner, S. Gangani, J. Gümmer and S. Schenke, Reduced-order modelling of acoustic emissions from cavitation bubbles, Workshop Complex Aspects of Cavitation, 29 November - 1 December 2021, Kloster Drübeck, Germany.

S. Schenke, F. Sewerin, B. van Wachem and F. Denner, Nonlinear dynamics of ultrasound waves radiated from cavitation bubbles, Workshop Complex Aspects of Cavitation, 29 November - 1 December 2021, Kloster Drübeck, Germany.

F. Denner, F. Evrard and B. van Wachem, Breaching the capillary time-step constraint, 74th Annual DFD Meeting of the American Physical Society, 21-23 November 2021, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

C. Gorges, F. Evrard, B. van Wachem and F. Denner, Stability of surfactant-laden droplets with surface viscosity in shear flow, 74th Annual DFD Meeting of the American Physical Society, 21-23 November 2021, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

S. Schenke, F. Sewerin, B. van Wachem and F. Denner, Propagation and modulation of nonlinear spherical waves emitted from oscillating bubbles, 74th Annual DFD Meeting of the American Physical Society, 21-23 November 2021, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

J. Gümmer, S. Schenke and F. Denner, Modelling lipid-coated microbubbles at subresonance frequencies, 74th Annual DFD Meeting of the American Physical Society, 21-23 November 2021, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

B. van Wachem, C. Gorges, F. Evrard and F. Denner, Reducing volume and shape errors in front tracking, 74th Annual DFD Meeting of the American Physical Society, 21-23 November 2021, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

F. Evrard, F. Denner and B. van Wachem, Self-induced velocity disturbance correction with consideration of weak-inertia and transient effects in Euler-Lagrange simulations, 74th Annual DFD Meeting of the American Physical Society, 21-23 November 2021, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

F. Evrard, F. Denner and B. van Wachem, Regularized Stokeslets as means to recover the undisturbed fluid velocity in two-way coupled Euler-Lagrange simulations of particle-laden flows, SIAM Annual Meeting, 19-23 July 2021, Spokane, WA, USA (Virtual conference).

2019

F. Denner, F. Evrard and B. van Wachem, Pressure-based algorithm and thermodynamic closure for compressible gas-liquid flows, 72nd Annual DFD Meeting of the American Physical Society, 23-26 November 2019, Seattle, WA, USA.

F. Evrard, F. Denner and B. van Wachem, Height-function method for curvature estimation on two-and three-dimensional non-uniform Cartesian grids, 72nd Annual DFD Meeting of the American Physical Society, 23-26 November 2019, Seattle, WA, USA.

B. van Wachem, F. Denner and F. Evrard, Two-way coupled Euler-Lagrange simulations with particles and mesh spacing of arbitrary sizes, 72nd Annual DFD Meeting of the American Physical Society, 23-26 November 2019, Seattle, WA, USA.

F. Denner, F. Evrard and B. van Wachem, Predicting bubble collapse: numerical algorithms and thermodynamic closures, Workshop Complex Aspects of Cavitation, 12-14 November 2019, Kloster Drübeck, Germany.

F. Evrard, F. Denner and B. van Wachem, A hybrid Eulerian-Lagrangian approach for simulating liquid sprays, ERCOFTAC Autumn Festival 2019, 10-11 October 2019, Magdeburg, Germany.

F. Evrard, F. Denner and B. van Wachem, A hybrid Eulerian-Lagrangian approach for simulating liquid sprays, 29th European Conference on Liquid Atomization & Spray Systems, 2-4 September 2019, Paris, France.

A.B. Thompson, S.N. Gomes, F. Denner, M.C. Dallaston and S. Kalliadasis, Feedback control of falling liquid films, 8th International Symposium on Bifurcations and Instabilities in Fluid Dynamics, 16-19 July 2019, Limerick, Ireland.

S.N. Gomes, A.B. Thompson, F. Denner, M.C. Dallaston and S. Kalliadasis, Controlling falling liquid films using variable wall heating, International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics 2019, 15-19 July 2019, Valencia, Spain.

F. Denner and B. van Wachem, Pressure-based algorithm for compressible-incompressible interfacial flows, IUTAM Symposium on Computational Modelling of Instabilities and Turbulence in Separated Two-Phase Flows, 10-12 June 2019, Dublin, Ireland.

F. Evrard, F. Denner and B. van Wachem, MultiFlow: A coupled balanced-force framework to solve single- and multi-phase flows at all speeds in arbitrary domains, PETSc User Meeting 2019, 5-7 June 2019, Atlanta, GA, USA.

F. Denner and B. van Wachem, Unified algorithm for interfacial flows with incompressible and compressible fluids, 10th International Conference on Multiphase Flow, 19-24 May 2019, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

R. de Cerqueira, F. Evrard, F. Denner, B. van Wachem and E. Paladino, Implementation and validation of a CFD model for two-phase gas-liquid flows with different interface length scales, 10th International Conference on Multiphase Flow, 19-24 May 2019, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

V. de Azevedo, F. Evrard, F. Denner, B. van Wachem and E. Paladino, On the effects of surface tension and film height in near-interface turbulence in a gas-liquid flow, 10th International Conference on Multiphase Flow, 19-24 May 2019, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

L. Shen, F. Denner, N. Morgan and D. Dini, Pattern formation on a bubble: capillary waves on surfactant-laden interfaces, March Meeting 2019 of the American Physical Society, 4-8 March 2019, Boston, MA, USA.