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Phys. Rev. E 63, 056705 (2001) [6 pages]

Effective volumetric lattice Boltzmann scheme

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Raoyang Zhang, Hudong Chen, Yue Hong Qian, and Shiyi Chen*
Exa Corp., 450 Bedford Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420

Received 11 July 2000; published 24 April 2001

An efficient fractional volumetric scheme is proposed for lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). By reducing the effective time step, the scheme possesses much better stability particularly for thermal LBM. The same accuracy and simplicity of the standard LBM are preserved for achieving the Navier-Stokes equation. Since the effective viscosity is reduced by the fraction factor p, the scheme becomes very effective for simulating high Reynolds number thermal flows.

© 2001 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.63.056705
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.63.056705
PACS:
02.70.-c, 47.11.+j

*Also at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218.