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Thin liquid films exhibit rich instability and rupture dynamics that critically impact coating performance across many applications. In this work, we use the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) simulations within a lubrication-theory framework…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-01 Karim Gadelrab , Stefan Reimann-Zitz

Over the last two decades, lattice Boltzmann methods have become an increasingly popular tool to compute the flow in complex geometries such as porous media. In addition to single phase simulations allowing, for example, a precise…

We present a progress report on our work on lattice Boltzmann methods for colloidal suspensions. We focus on the treatment of colloidal particles in binary solvents and on the inclusion of thermal noise. For a benchmark problem of colloids…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 M. E. Cates , K. Stratford , R. Adhikari , P. Stansell , J. -C. Desplat , I. Pagonabarraga , A. J. Wagner

We investigate the rheology of granular materials via molecular dynamics simulations of homogeneous, simple shear flows of soft, frictional, noncohesive spheres. In agreement with previous results for frictionless particles, we observe…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-02-14 Sebastian Chialvo , Jin Sun , Sankaran Sundaresan

Simulating mobile liquid-gas interfaces with the free-surface lattice Boltzmann method (FSLBM) requires frequent re-initialization of fluid flow information in computational cells that convert from gas to liquid. The corresponding…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-11-28 Christoph Schwarzmeier , Ulrich Rüde

The morphology of a mixture made of a polar active gel immersed in an isotropic passive fluid is studied numerically. Lattice Boltzmann method is adopted to solve the Navier-Stokes equation and coupled to a finite-difference scheme used to…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-11-22 Livio Nicola Carenza , Giuseppe Gonnella , Antonio Lamura , Giuseppe Negro

A novel lattice Boltzmann (LB) model for multiphase flows is developed that complies with the thermodynamic foundations of kinetic theory. By directly devising the collision term for LB equation at the discrete level, a self-tuning equation…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-02-13 Rongzong Huang , Huiying Wu , Nikolaus A. Adams

We study the diffusivity of a small particle immersed in a square box filled with a non-ideal multicomponent fluid in the presence of thermal fluctuations. Our approach is based on the numerical integration of fluctuating lattice Boltzmann…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-12-14 Xiao Xue , Luca Biferale , Mauro Sbragaglia , Federico Toschi

The lattice Boltzmann equation (LBE), rooted in kinetic theory, provides a powerful framework for capturing complex flow behaviour by describing the evolution of single-particle distribution functions (PDFs). Despite its success, solving…

We develop our recently proposed lattice-Boltzmann method for the non-equilibrium dynamics of amphiphilic fluids (Chen, Boghosian, Coveney and Nekovee, Proc. Roy. Soc. London A, 456, 1431 (2000).) Our method maintains an orientational…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 Maziar Nekovee , Peter V. Coveney , Hudong Chen , Bruce M. Boghosian

We show that, when a single relaxation time lattice Boltzmann algorithm is used to solve the hydrodynamic equations of a binary fluid for which the two components have different viscosities, strong spurious velocities in the steady state…

Computational Physics · Physics 2008-12-09 C. M. Pooley , H. Kusumaatmaja , J. M. Yeomans

We use a lattice Boltzmann (LB) kinetic scheme for modelling amphiphilic fluids that correctly predicts rheological effects in flow. No macroscopic parameters are included in the model. Instead, three-dimensional hydrodynamic and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Giupponi , J. Harting , P. V. Coveney

Boiling is a complex phenomenon where different non-linear physical interactions take place and for which the quantitative modeling of the mechanism involved is not fully developed yet. In the last years, many works have been published…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-05-23 Alfredo Jaramillo , Vinícius Pessoa Mapelli , Luben Cabezas-Gómez

In this study a new numerical approach of the fluid dynamic, the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM), is used to solved the stream in a atmospheric Argon-nitrogen plasma jet. The axial symmetry and the variation of density, viscosity and…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-02-17 Ridha Djebeli , Nicolas Calve , Bernard Pateyron , Mohamed El Ganaoui , Habib Sammouda

The Plateau-Rayleigh instability causes the fragmentation of a liquid ligament into smaller droplets. In this study a numerical study of this phenomenon based on a single relaxation time (SRT) pseudo-potential lattice Boltzmann method (LBM)…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-04-29 Daniele Chiappini , Xiao Xue , Giacomo Falcucci , Mauro Sbragaglia

In this paper, we present the algorithm for the simulation of a single bubble rising in a stagnant liquid using Euler-Lagrangian (EL) approach. The continuous liquid phase is modeled using BGK approximation of lattice Boltzmann method…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-10-24 Alankar Agarwal , B. Ravindra , Akshay Prakash

The complexity of the interactions between the constituent granular and liquid phases of a suspension requires an adequate treatment of the constituents themselves. A promising way for numerical simulations of such systems is given by…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-09-09 A. Leonardi , F. K. Wittel , M. Mendoza , H. J. Herrmann

We propose a combined computational approach based on the multi-phase-field and the lattice Boltzmann method for the motion of solid particles under the action of capillary forces. The accuracy of the method is analyzed by comparison with…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-04-29 Raphael Schiedung , Marvin Tegeler , Dmitry Medvedev , Fathollah Varnik

We explore possible applications of the Lattice-Boltzmann Method for the simulation of geophysical flows. This fluid solver, while successful in other fields, is still rarely used for geotechnical applications. We show how the standard…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-09-04 Alessandro Leonardi , Falk K. Wittel , Miller Mendoza , Hans J. Herrmann

We present a lattice-based numerical method to describe the non equilibrium behavior of a simple fluid under non-uniform spatial conditions. The evolution equation for the one-particle phase-space distribution function is derived starting…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Melchionna , U. Marini Bettolo Marconi