Comment on the paper J. G. Zhou, Rectangular lattice Boltzmann method, Phys. Rev. E 81, 026705 (2010)
Statistical Mechanics
2010-12-14 v1
Abstract
It is shown both analytically and numerically that the suggested lattice Boltzmann model on rectangular grids leads to anisotropic dissipation of fluid momentum and thus it does not recover Navier-Stokes equations. Hence, it cannot be used for the simulation of hydrodynamics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1012.2613,
title = {Comment on the paper J. G. Zhou, Rectangular lattice Boltzmann method, Phys. Rev. E 81, 026705 (2010)},
author = {Shyam Chikatamarla and Ilya Karlin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.2613},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. E