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Building upon the Integer Lattice Gas Automata framework of Blommel \textit{et al.} \cite{PhysRevE.97.023310}, we introduce a simplified, fluctuation-free variant. This approach relies on floating-point numbers and closely mirrors the…

Lattice Boltzmann methods are usually derived under the assumption of isotropy. In this work, we present a derivation of a Lattice Boltzmann method for anisotropic fluid flow. Starting from an anisotropic equilibrium distribution, we show a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-27 Benjamin Kellers , Julius Weinmiller , Arnulf Latz , Timo Danner

In this paper, we demonstrate a set of fundamental conditions required for the formulation of a thermohydrodynamic lattice Boltzmann model at an arbitrary Prandtl number. A specific collision operator form is then proposed that is in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-19 Hudong Chen , Pradeep Gopalakrishnan , Raoyang Zhang

A modified lattice Boltzmann model with a stochastic relaxation mechanism mimicking "virtual'' collisions between free-streaming particles and solid walls is introduced. This modified scheme permits to compute plane channel flows in…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Federico Toschi , Sauro Succi

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

Intrinsic fluctuations around the solution of the lattice Boltzmann equation are described or modeled by addition of a white Gaussian noise source. For stationary states a fluctuation-dissipation theorem relates the variance of the…

comp-gas · Physics 2008-02-03 J. W. Dufty , M. H. Ernst

A GPU-accelerated version of the lattice Boltzmann method for efficient simulation of soft materials is introduced. Unlike standard approaches, this method reconstructs the distribution functions from available hydrodynamic variables…

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

The lattice Boltzmann algorithm efficiently simulates the Navier Stokes equation of isothermal fluid flow, but ignores thermal fluctuations of the fluid, important in mesoscopic flows. We show how to adapt the algorithm to include noise,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Adhikari , M. E. Cates , K. Stratford , A. J. Wagner

Fluctuating lattice Boltzmann solvers are widely employed to model mesoscopic fluid behavior in soft-matter systems, including colloidal suspensions and dilute polymer solutions. Despite their utility, these methods can lose accuracy and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-01-08 Marco Lauricella , Andrea Montessori , Adriano Tiribocchi , Sauro Succi

Analytical solutions to the lattice Boltzmann Equation make it possible to study the method itself, explore the properties of its collision operator, and identify implementations of boundary conditions. In this paper, we propose a method to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-06-02 Jordan Larson , Alexander J. Wagner

The simulation of geometrically resolved rigid particles in a fluid relies on coupling algorithms to transfer momentum both ways between the particles and the fluid. In this article, the fluid flow is modeled with a parallel Lattice…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-03-22 Lukas Werner , Christoph Rettinger , Ulrich Rüde

In this paper, an improved three-dimensional color-gradient lattice Boltzmann (LB) model is proposed for simulating immiscible multiphase flows. Compared with the previous three-dimensional color-gradient LB models, which suffer from the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-08-14 Z. X. Wen , Q. Li , Y. Yu , Kai. H. Luo

A novel coupled level-set lattice Boltzmann method on adaptive Cartesian grids for simulating liquid-gas multiphase flows is presented. The approach addresses the inherent challenges of accurately modeling multiphase systems characterized…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-12 Julian Vorspohl , Yuxing Peng , Matthias Meinke , Dominik Krug , Wolfgang Schröder

We give a brief account of the development of methods to include thermal fluctuations into lattice Boltzmann algorithms. Emphasis is put on our recent work (Phys. Rev. E 76, 036704 (2007)) which provides a clear understanding in terms of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 Burkhard Duenweg , Ulf D. Schiller , Anthony J. C. Ladd

In this contribution, a new class of lattice Boltzmann schemes is introduced and studied. These schemes are presented in a framework that generalizes the multiple relaxation times method of d'Humi\`eres. They extend also the Geier's…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-01-27 François Dubois , Tony Fevrier , Benjamin Graille

A lattice Boltzmann scheme able to model the hydrodynamics of phase separation and two-phase flow is described. Thermodynamic consistency is ensured by introducing a non-ideal pressure tensor directly into the collision operator. We also…

comp-gas · Physics 2009-10-28 Michael R. Swift , W. R. Osborn , J. M. Yeomans

The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) has established itself as a valid numerical method in computational fluid dynamics. Recently, multiple-relaxation-time LBM has been proposed to simulate anisotropic advection-diffusion processes. The…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2016-08-24 S. Karimi , K. B. Nakshatrala

In contrast to the commonly used lattice Boltzmann method, off-lattice Boltzmann methods decouple the velocity discretization from the underlying spatial grid, thus allowing for more efficient geometric representations of complex…

Although Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) is relatively straightforward, it demands a well-crafted framework to handle the complex partial differential equations involved in multiphase flow simulations. For the first time to our knowledge,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Matteo Maria Piredda , Pietro Asinari