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Some Fundamental Properties of Lattice Boltzmann Equation for Two Phase Flows

Qin Lou¹, Zhaoli Guo^1,2, Chuguang Zheng¹

1 State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
2 Corresponding author: zlguo@hust.edu.cn

Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences 2011, 76(3&4), 175-188. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmes.2011.076.175

Abstract

Due to the mesoscopic and kinetic nature, the lattice Boltzmann equation (LBE) method has become an efficient and powerful tool for modeling and simulating interfacial dynamics of multi-phase flows. In this work we discuss several fundamental properties of two-phase LBE models. Particularly, the effects of force discretization, spurious currents in the vicinity of interfaces, and checkerboard effects with the underlying lattices, are investigated.

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