scholarly journals Lattice Boltzmann method for 2D flows in curvilinear coordinates

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 772-783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ljubomir Budinski
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Lattice Boltzmann ◽  
Shallow Water Equations ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Complex Geometry ◽  
Standard Form ◽  
Curvilinear Coordinates ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Equilibrium Distribution Function ◽  
Rectangular Lattice

In order to improve efficiency and accuracy, while maintaining an ease of modeling flows with the lattice Boltzmann approach in domains having complex geometry, a method for modeling equations of 2D flow in curvilinear coordinates has been developed. Both the transformed shallow water equations and the transformed 2D Navier-Stokes equations in the horizontal plane were synchronized with the equilibrium distribution function and the force term in the rectangular lattice. Since the solution of these equations takes place in the classical rectangular lattice environment, boundary conditions are modeled in the standard form of already existing simple methods (bounce-back), not requiring any additional functions. Owing to this and to the fact that the proposed method ensures a more accurate fitting of equations, even to domains of interest having complex geometry, the accuracy of solution is significantly increased, while the simplicity of the standard lattice Boltzmann approach is maintained. For the shallow water equations transformed in curvilinear coordinates, the proposed procedure is verified in three different hydraulic problems, all characterized by complex geometry.

Models of non-Boussinesq lock-exchange flow

2011 ◽  
Vol 675 ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. ROTUNNO ◽  
J. B. KLEMP ◽  
G. H. BRYAN ◽  
D. J. MURAKI
Keyword(s):  
Free Boundary ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
Shallow Water Equations ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Water System ◽  
Analytic Solutions ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Exchange Flow

Nearly all analytical models of lock-exchange flow are based on the shallow-water approximation. Since the latter approximation fails at the leading edges of the mutually intruding fluids of lock-exchange flow, solutions to the shallow-water equations can be obtained only through the specification of front conditions. In the present paper, analytic solutions to the shallow-water equations for non-Boussinesq lock-exchange flow are given for front conditions deriving from free-boundary arguments. Analytic solutions are also derived for other proposed front conditions – conditions which appear to the shallow-water system as forced boundary conditions. Both solutions to the shallow-water equations are compared with the numerical solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations and a mixture of successes and failures is recorded. The apparent success of some aspects of the forced solutions of the shallow-water equations, together with the fact that in a real fluid the density interface is a free boundary, shows the need for an improved theory of lock-exchange flow taking into account non-hydrostatic effects for density interfaces intersecting rigid boundaries.

scholarly journals Compressibility in lattice Boltzmann on standard stencils: effects of deviation from reference temperature

2020 ◽  
Vol 378 (2175) ◽  
pp. 20190399 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Hosseini ◽  
N. Darabiha ◽  
D. Thévenin
Keyword(s):  
Lattice Boltzmann ◽  
Soft Matter ◽  
Compressible Flows ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Correction Term ◽  
Energy Balance Equation ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Equilibrium Distribution Function ◽  
Hermite Expansion ◽  
Local Flow

With growing interest in the simulation of compressible flows using the lattice Boltzmann (LB) method, a number of different approaches have been developed. These methods can be classified as pertaining to one of two major categories: (i) solvers relying on high-order stencils recovering the Navier–Stokes–Fourier equations, and (ii) approaches relying on classical first-neighbour stencils for the compressible Navier–Stokes equations coupled to an additional (LB-based or classical) solver for the energy balance equation. In most cases, the latter relies on a thermal Hermite expansion of the continuous equilibrium distribution function (EDF) to allow for compressibility. Even though recovering the correct equation of state at the Euler level, it has been observed that deviations of local flow temperature from the reference can result in instabilities and/or over-dissipation. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the stability domain of different EDFs, different collision models, with and without the correction terms for the third-order moments. The study is first based on a linear von Neumann analysis. The correction term for the space- and time-discretized equations is derived via a Chapman–Enskog analysis and further corroborated through spectral dispersion–dissipation curves. Finally, a number of numerical simulations are performed to illustrate the proposed theoretical study. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Fluid dynamics, soft matter and complex systems: recent results and new methods’.

Finite Element Analysis of Tsunami by Viscous Shallow-Water Equations

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 508-513
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Dan ◽  
◽  
Hiroshi Kanayama
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
Shallow Water Equations ◽  
Arrival Time ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations

In this paper, viscous shallow-water equations are derived from three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations under the hydrostatic assumption. The viscous shallow-water equations are approximated by the finite element method based on our numerical scheme developed in 1978. This approach is used to simulate a tsunami in Hakata Bay. Results show a reasonable estimate of the tsunami arrival time.

scholarly journals CAUCHY PROBLEM FOR VISCOUS SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS WITH A TERM OF CAPILLARITY

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (07) ◽  
pp. 1049-1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
BORIS HASPOT
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Existence Of Solutions ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Variable Viscosity ◽  
Water System ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Navier Stokes Equation ◽  
Viscosity Coefficients ◽  
Global Existence Of Solutions ◽  
Dependent Viscosity

In this paper, we consider the compressible Navier–Stokes equation with density-dependent viscosity coefficients and a term of capillarity introduced formally by van der Waals in Ref. 51. This model includes at the same time the barotropic Navier–Stokes equations with variable viscosity coefficients, shallow-water system and the model introduced by Rohde in Ref. 46. We first study the well-posedness of the model in critical regularity spaces with respect to the scaling of the associated equations. In a functional setting as close as possible to the physical energy spaces, we prove global existence of solutions close to a stable equilibrium, and local in time existence of solutions with general initial data. Uniqueness is also obtained.

scholarly journals Involving the Navier–Stokes equations in the derivation of boundary conditions for the lattice Boltzmann method

2011 ◽  
Vol 369 (1944) ◽  
pp. 2184-2192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joris C. G. Verschaeve
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Lattice Boltzmann Method ◽  
Lattice Boltzmann ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Slip Boundary Condition ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Grid Spacing ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Slip Boundary ◽  
Boltzmann Method

By means of the continuity equation of the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations, additional physical arguments for the derivation of a formulation of the no-slip boundary condition for the lattice Boltzmann method for straight walls at rest are obtained. This leads to a boundary condition that is second-order accurate with respect to the grid spacing and conserves mass. In addition, the boundary condition is stable for relaxation frequencies close to two.

scholarly journals A Potential Enstrophy and Energy Conserving Scheme for the Shallow-Water Equations Extended to Generalized Curvilinear Coordinates

2017 ◽  
Vol 145 (3) ◽  
pp. 751-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Toy ◽  
Ramachandran D. Nair
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Shallow Water Equations ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Normal Mode Analysis ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Curvilinear Coordinates ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Convergence Error ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Potential Enstrophy

An energy and potential enstrophy conserving finite-difference scheme for the shallow-water equations is derived in generalized curvilinear coordinates. This is an extension of a scheme formulated by Arakawa and Lamb for orthogonal coordinate systems. The starting point for the present scheme is the shallow-water equations cast in generalized curvilinear coordinates, and tensor analysis is used to derive the invariant conservation properties. Preliminary tests on a flat plane with doubly periodic boundary conditions are presented. The scheme is shown to possess similar order-of-convergence error characteristics using a nonorthogonal coordinate compared to Cartesian coordinates for a nonlinear test of flow over an isolated mountain. A linear normal mode analysis shows that the discrete form of the Coriolis term provides stationary geostrophically balanced modes for the nonorthogonal coordinate and no unphysical computational modes are introduced. The scheme uses centered differences and averages, which are formally second-order accurate. An empirical test with a steady geostrophically balanced flow shows that the convergence rate of the truncation errors of the discrete operators is second order. The next step will be to adapt the scheme for use on the cubed sphere, which will involve modification at the lateral boundaries of the cube faces.

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