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The pseudopotential method is one of the most popular extensions of the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) for phase change and multiphase flow simulation. One attractive feature of the original proposed method consists on its simplicity of…

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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

Fluid simulations, especially at high Reynolds numbers, are computationally expensive on classical computers, making them promising application targets for quantum computing. Recent studies have combined the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-28 Kazumasa Ueno , Keita Kanno , Yasunori Lee

Many numerical studies of blood flow impose a rigid wall assumption due to the simplicity of its implementation compared to a full coupling to a solid mechanics model. In this paper, we present a localised method for incorporating the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-08-20 J. W. S. McCullough , P. V. Coveney

A systematic study for a single-specie lattice Boltzmann model with frustrated-short range attractive and mid/long-range repulsive-interactions is presented. The equilibrium analysis is performed along the guidelines proposed by [X. Shan,…

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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…

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We propose an enhanced wall-boundary treatment for the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM), designed for high-Reynolds-number turbulent flows on adaptively refined Cartesian grids. The method improves the slip-velocity bounce-back scheme by…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-27 Jorge Ponsin , Carlos Lozano

In this paper, a diffuse-interface lattice Boltzmann method (DI-LBM) is developed for fluid-particle interaction problems. In this method, the sharp interface between the fluid and solid is replaced by a thin but nonzero thickness…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-06-17 Jiao Liu , Changsheng Huang , Zhenhua Chai , Baochang Shi

Microfluidics provides a powerful and versatile technology to accurately control spatial and temporal conditions for cell culturing and can therefore be used to study cellular responses to gradients. Here we use Lattice Boltzmann methods…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-08-12 Simon Tanaka , Dagmar Iber

The implementation of the kinetic diffuse boundary condition with the characteristic streaming-collision mechanism is studied for the high-order lattice Boltzmann (LB) models. The obtained formulation is also tested and validated…

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In this paper we revisit the derivation of boundary conditions for the Boltzmann Equation. The interaction between the wall atoms and the gas molecules within a thin surface layer is described by a kinetic equation introduced in [9] and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-06-20 Stéphane Brull , Pierre Charrier , Luc Mieussens

An approach based on a lattice version of the Boltzmann kinetic equation for describing multi-phase flows in nano- and micro-corrugated devices is proposed. We specialize it to describe the wetting/dewetting transition of fluids in presence…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2007-06-13 R. Benzi , L. Biferale , M. Sbragaglia , S. Succi , F. Toschi

Numerical analysis of unconfined flow over an obstacle has always been challenging in computational fluid dynamics due to the truncation of the computational domain while replicating the real-life flows and the application of the boundary…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-05 Vemu Sahiti , PS Gurugubelli , VK Surasani

The hydrodynamic limit of a discrete kinetic equation is intrinsically connected with the symmetry of the lattices used in construction of a discrete velocity model. On mixed lattices composed of standard lattices the sixth-order (and…

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We derive and implement a suitable boundary condition for the kinetic description of the electrons inside a plasma, which takes into account microphysical processes inside the wall. It is based on the surface scattering kernel, which…

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Contact of a fluid with a solid or an elastic wall is investigated. The wall exerts molecular forces on the fluid which is locally strongly nonhomogeneous. The problem is approached with a fluid energy of the second gradient form and a wall…

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We combine the total variation flow suitable for crystal modeling and image analysis with the dynamic boundary conditions. We analyze the behavior of facets at the parts of the boundary where these conditions are imposed. We devote…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-01-23 Yoshikazu Giga , Ryota Nakayashiki , Piotr Rybka , Ken Shirakawa

The dynamics of dry active matter have implications for a diverse collection of biological phenomena spanning a range of length and time scales, such as animal flocking, cell tissue dynamics, and swarming of inserts and bacteria. Uniting…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-01-07 David Nesbitt , Gunnar Pruessner , Chiu Fan Lee

A lattice Boltzmann model with interacting particles was developed in order to simulate the magneto-rheological characteristics of magnetic fluids. In the frame of this model, $6\, +\,1$ species of particles are allowed to move across a…

comp-gas · Physics 2008-02-03 Victor Sofonea

We study an ad hoc extension of the Lattice-Boltzmann method that allows the simulation of non-Newtonian fluids described by generalized Newtonian models. We extensively test the accuracy of the method for the case of shear-thinning and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-25 Susana Gabbanelli , German Drazer , Joel Koplik