The conventional particle level set method fails for the case when a mesh point to be corrected falls into an escaped particle. A novel local distance function correction approach was proposed in this study to capture the free surface movement and solve the process of droplet collision accurately. The verification by the deformation field problem confirms that the approach proposed can improve the accuracy of the interface capturing and the system mass conservation. The new approach was employed to simulate the process of 2D droplets collision. The results show that: for the normal collision
relative velocity is the key factor determining whether separation occurs after collision; the critical value of Weber number is 13.79 for two droplets with a diameter of 3 mm; the relative velocity and eccentricity both affect the separation pattern when an eccentric collision occurs; there are two critical eccentricities for a given relative velocity
and the separation will not occur when the eccentricity falls between the two critical eccentricities.
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