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Central-moments-based lattice Boltzmann scheme for coupled Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes equations

Fluid Dynamics 2018-04-02 v1 Computational Physics

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a lattice Boltzmann (LB) model to solve the coupled Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes equations. Differently from previous efforts, the LB equation for the fluid velocity is decomposed in a space of non-orthogonal central moments where the surface tension force is inserted directly in the equilibrium state. The present scheme is validated against well-consolidated benchmark tests, showing very good accuracy. Moreover, it outperforms the BGK approach in terms of stability, as our algorithm allows us to simulate a very large range of viscosity contrast.

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@article{arxiv.1803.11345,
  title  = {Central-moments-based lattice Boltzmann scheme for coupled Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes equations},
  author = {Alessandro De Rosis and Shimpei Saito and Akiko Kaneko and Yutaka Abe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.11345},
  year   = {2018}
}

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7 pages, 8 figures