Analysis of 'Investigating an extended multiphase flow model that includes specific interfacial area', Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 418:116594, 2024

Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng. 2024 Jun 1:426:116984. doi: 10.1016/j.cma.2024.116984. Epub 2024 Apr 9.

Abstract

Comments are provided on the recent paper by Ebadi et al. [3], which demonstrates that the formulated model that was solved contains misconceptions or errors that render the work unsuitable for describing the evolution of interfacial areas in two-fluid porous medium systems. The need for kinematic equations is described and components of a theoretically consistent approach are summarized.

Keywords: kinematics; mechanics; porous media; specific fluid-fluid interfacial area; two-phase flow.