An integral shear layer method for the numerical prediction of steam-droplet flows

A complete two-phase shear layer calculation method is presented for the prediction of non-equilibrium effects occurring in the vicinity of solid walls. Water droplets are treated in a Lagrangian fashion and an integral shear layer technique, capable of handling both attached and separated compressible shear layers, is used for the carrier phase. A parametric analysis concerning the most representative shear layer quantities is included in detail. A number of theoretical test cases are investigated including single- and two-phase flows, under different inlet droplet conditions, in a two-dimensional convergent-divergent duct.