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The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is an efficient simulation technique for computational fluid mechanics and beyond. It is based on a simple stream-and-collide algorithm on Cartesian grids, which is easily compatible with modern machine…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-11-18 Mario Christopher Bedrunka , Dominik Wilde , Martin Kliemank , Dirk Reith , Holger Foysi , Andreas Krämer

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

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 we present a topology optimization technique applicable to a broad range of flow design problems. We propose also a discrete adjoint formulation effective for a wide class of Lattice Boltzmann Methods (LBM). This adjoint…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2015-01-21 Łukasz Łaniewski-Wołłk , Jacek Rokicki

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

We assess the performance of the hybrid Open Accelerator (OpenACC) and Message Passing Interface (MPI) approach for multi-graphics processing units (GPUs) accelerated thermal lattice Boltzmann (LB) simulation. The OpenACC accelerates…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-11-21 Ao Xu , Bo-Tao Li

Lattice Boltzmann methods are a popular mesoscopic alternative to macroscopic computational fluid dynamics solvers. Many variants have been developed that vary in complexity, accuracy, and computational cost. Extensions are available to…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2020-04-14 Martin Bauer , Harald Köstler , Ulrich Rüde

An increasingly large number of HPC systems rely on heterogeneous architectures combining traditional multi-core CPUs with power efficient accelerators. Designing efficient applications for these systems has been troublesome in the past as…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-03-02 E. Calore , A. Gabbana , J. Kraus , S. F. Schifano , R. Tripiccione

Complex colloidal fluids, such as emulsions stabilized by complex shaped particles, play an important role in many industrial applications. However, understanding their physics requires a study at sufficiently large length scales while…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-04-27 Florian Günther , Florian Janoschek , Stefan Frijters , Jens Harting

GPUs offer several times the floating point performance and memory bandwidth of current standard two socket CPU servers, e.g. NVIDIA C2070 vs. Intel Xeon Westmere X5650. The lattice Boltzmann method has been established as a flow solver in…

Performance · Computer Science 2011-12-06 Johannes Habich , Christian Feichtinger , Harald Köstler , Georg Hager , Gerhard Wellein

We introduce JAX-LaB, a differentiable, Python-based Lattice Boltzmann simulation library designed for modeling multiphase and multiphysics fluid dynamics problems in hydrologic, geologic, and engineered porous media settings. The library…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-11-18 Piyush Pradhan , Pierre Gentine , Shaina Kelly

Significant improvements in the computational performance of the lattice-Boltzmann (LB) model, coded in FORTRAN90, were achieved through application of enhancement techniques. Applied techniques include optimization of array memory layouts,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-06-24 Hakan Başağaoğlu , John R. Harwell , Hoa Nguyen , Sauro Succi

The birth of the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) fulfils a dream that simple arithmetic calculations can simulate complex fluid flows without solving complicated partial differential flow equations. Its power and potential of resolving more…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-01-10 Jian Guo Zhou

The transport of a passive scalar restricted on interfaces, which is advected by the fluid motions have numerous applications in multiphase transport phenomena. A prototypical example is the advection-diffusion of the concentration field of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-04-15 William Schupbach , Kannan Premnath

In this paper, a new progressive mesh algorithm is introduced in order to perform fast physical simulations by the use of a lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) on a single-node multi-GPU architecture. This algorithm is able to mesh automatically…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-10-14 Julien Duchateau , François Rousselle , Nicolas Maquignon , Gilles Roussel , Christophe Renaud

A coarse-grained version of the Lattice Boltzmann (LB) method is developed with the intent of enhancing its geometrical flexibility so as to be able to tackle a wider class of flows of engineering interest. To this purpose, the original…

comp-gas · Physics 2015-06-24 Giorgio Amati , Sauro Succi , Roberto Benzi

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

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

Multiphase flows frequently occur in many important engineering and scientific applications, but modeling of such flows is a rather challenging task due to complex interfacial dynamics between different phases, let alone if the flow is…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-03-06 Wandong Zhao , Ben Xu , Ying Zhang

Multiphase turbulent flow phenomena are observed not only in industrial devices but also in environmental flows, and direct numerical simulation (DNS) plays a key role in their investigation. Many numerical models have been developed;…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-14 Taketo Tominaga , Ryo Onishi