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Stabilization of the Lattice Boltzmann Method Using Information Theory

Computational Physics 2018-01-12 v1 Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

A novel Lattice Boltzmann method is derived using the Principle of Minimum Cross Entropy (MinxEnt) via the minimization of Kullback-Leibler Divergence (KLD). By carrying out the actual single step Newton-Raphson minimization (MinxEnt-LBM) a more accurate and stable Lattice Boltzmann Method can be implemented. To demonstrate this, 1D shock tube and 2D lid-driven cavity flow simulations are carried out and compared to Single Relaxation Time LBM, Two Relaxation Time LBM, Multiple Relaxation Time LBM and Eherenfest Step LBM.

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@article{arxiv.1801.03863,
  title  = {Stabilization of the Lattice Boltzmann Method Using Information Theory},
  author = {Tyler L Wilson and Mary Pugh and Francis Dawson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.03863},
  year   = {2018}
}

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12 pages, 6 figures

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