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In this paper, a lattice Boltzmann (LB) model with double distribution functions is proposed for two-phase flow in porous media where one distribution function is used for pressure governed by the Poisson equation, and the other is applied…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-08-24 Zhenhua Chai , Hong Liang , Rui Du , Baochang Shi

We develop a lattice Boltzmann equation method for simulating multi-phase immiscible fluid flows with variation of density and viscosity, based on the model proposed by Gunstensen {\em et al} for two-component immiscible fluids. The…

comp-gas · Physics 2009-10-22 Daryl Grunau , Shiyi Chen , Kenneth Egger

In this paper, a generalized lattice Boltzmann (LB) model with a mass source is proposed to solve both incompressible and nearly incompressible Navier-Stokes (N-S) equations. This model can be used to deal with single-phase and two-phase…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-02-26 Xiaolei Yuan , Zhenhua Chai , Huili Wang , Baochang Shi

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

Owing to its conceptual simplicity and computational efficiency, the pseudopotential multiphase lattice Boltzmann (LB) model has attracted significant attention since its emergence. In this work, we aim to extend the pseudopotential LB…

Computational Physics · Physics 2013-05-07 Q. Li , K. H. Luo , X. J. Li

New method to simulate heat transport in multiphase lattice Boltzmann (LB) method is proposed. The energy transport equation needs to be solved when phase boundaries are present. Internal energy is represented by an additional set of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-08-29 Alexander Kupershtokh , Dmitry Medvedev , Igor Gribanov

We derive the partial differential equation (PDE) to which the pseudo-potential lattice Boltzmann method (P-LBM) converges under diffusive scaling, providing a rigorous basis for its consistency analysis. By establishing a direct link…

We describe in detail a recently proposed lattice-Boltzmann model for simulating flows with multiple phases and components. In particular, the focus is on the modeling of one-component fluid systems which obey non-ideal gas equations of…

comp-gas · Physics 2009-10-22 Xiaowen Shan , Hudong Chen

In this work, the electrohydrodynamics of a pair of leaky dielectric droplets on a solid substrate is investigated by the phase-field-based lattice Boltzmann method. Different from a pair of suspended droplets that may coalesce or separate,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-08-15 Jiang Peng , Xi Liu , Zhenhua Chai , Changsheng Huang , Xiufang Chen

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

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

Recently, a minimal kinetic model for fluid flow, known as entropic lattice Boltzmann method, has been proposed for the simulation of isothermal hydrodynamic flows. At variance with previous Lattice Boltzmann methods, the entropic version…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 I. V. Karlin , S. Ansumali , E. DE Angelis , H. C. Öttinger , S. Succi

Phase field lattice Boltzmann (LB) models have undergone continuous development, resulting in multiple variants widely used for simulating multiphase flows. However, direct performance comparisons remain limited, especially for…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-11-17 Xuming Li , Cheng Peng , Chunhua Zhang , Xinnan Wu , Wenrui Wang

In this paper, a lattice Boltzmann (LB) model is presented for axisymmetric multiphase flows. Source terms are added to a two-dimensional standard lattice Boltzmann equation (LBE) for multiphase flows such that the emergent dynamics can be…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-11 Kannan N. Premnath , John Abraham

Spurious velocities arising from the imperfect offset of the undesired term at the discrete level are frequently observed in numerical simulations of equilibrium multiphase flow systems using the lattice Boltzmann equation (LBE) method. To…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-11-21 Long Ju , Peiyao Liu , Bicheng Yan , Jin Bao , Shuyu Sun , Zhaoli Guo

Modeling liquid-vapor phase change using the lattice Boltzmann (LB) method has attracted significant attention in recent years. In this paper, we propose an improved three-dimensional (3D) thermal multiphase LB model for simulating…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-02-14 Qing Li , Y. Yu , Kai. H. Luo

A recently introduced family of lattice Boltzmann (LB) models (Karlin, B\"osch, Chikatamarla, Phys. Rev. E, 2014) is studied in detail for incompressible two-dimensional flows. A framework for developing LB models based on entropy…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-07-10 Fabian Bösch , Shyam S. Chikatamarla , Ilya Karlin

Since its introduction 30 years ago, the lattice Boltzmann (LB) method has achieved great success in simulating fluid flows and modeling physics in fluids. Owing to its kinetic nature, the LB method has the capability to incorporate the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-01-10 Ya-Ling He , Qing Liu , Qing Li

Saturated vapor condensation on the homogeneous and heterogeneous sub-cooled wall under gravity was numerically simulated by the improved pseudo-potential phase-change multiple-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann (LB) method. Firstly, the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-08-16 Wandong Zhao , Ying Zhang , Ben Xu , Wenqiang Shang , Shuisheng Jiang

This paper proposes a simple and accurate lattice Boltzmann model for simulating thermocapillary flows, which is able to deal with thermophysical parameters contrasts. In this model, two lattice Boltzmann equations are utilized to solve the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-06-21 Lei Wanga , Kun Hea , Huili Wang