A LATTICE BOLTZMANN STUDY OF THE 2D BOUNDARY LAYER CREATED BY AN OSCILLATING PLATE

L. Cappietti () and B. Chopard ()
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L. Cappietti: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Florence, Via S. Marta, 3, Florence, 50139, Italy
B. Chopard: Computer Science Department, University of Geneva, 24 rue General-Dufour, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2006, vol. 17, issue 01, 39-52

Abstract: We study the applicability of the Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) to simulate the 2D laminar boundary layer induced by an oscillating flat plate. We also investigate the transition to the disturbed laminar regime that occurs with a rough oscillating plate. The simulations were performed in two cases: first with a fluid otherwise at rest and second in presence of superimposed current. The generation of coherent vortex structures and their evolution are commented. The accuracy of the method was checked by comparisons with the exact analytical solution of the Navier–Stokes equations for the so-called Stokes' Second Problem. The comparisons show that LBM reproduces this time varying flow with first order accuracy. In the case of the wavy-plate, the results show that a mechanism of vortex-jet formations, low speed-streak and shear instability sustain a systems of stationary vortices outside the boundary layer. The vortex-jet takes place at the end of the decelerating phase whereas the boundary layer turns out to be laminar when the plate accelerates. In the presence of the superimposed current, the vortex-jet mechanism is still effective but the vortices outside the boundary layer are only present during part of the oscillating period. During the remaining part, the flow turns out to be laminar although a wave perturbation in the velocity field is present.

Keywords: Lattice Boltzmann method; oscillating plate; Stokes' second problem; boundary layer; 11.25.Hf; 123.1K (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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