IMPLICIT-EXPLICIT FINITE-DIFFERENCE LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD FOR COMPRESSIBLE FLOWS

Y. Wang, Y. L. He (), T. S. Zhao, G. H. Tang and W. Q. Tao
Additional contact information
Y. Wang: State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, China
Y. L. He: State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, China
T. S. Zhao: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
G. H. Tang: State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, China
W. Q. Tao: State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, China

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2007, vol. 18, issue 12, 1961-1983

Abstract: We propose an implicit-explicit finite-difference lattice Boltzmann method for compressible flows in this work. The implicit-explicit Runge–Kutta scheme, which solves the relaxation term of the discrete velocity Boltzmann equation implicitly and other terms explicitly, is adopted for the time discretization. Owing to the characteristic of the collision invariants in the lattice Boltzmann method, the implicitness can be completely eliminated, and thus no iteration is needed in practice. In this fashion, problems (no matter stiff or not) can be integrated quickly with large Courant–Friedriche–Lewy numbers. As a result, with our implicit-explicit finite-difference scheme the computational convergence rate can be significantly improved compared with previous finite-difference and standard lattice Boltzmann methods. Numerical simulations of the Riemann problem, Taylor vortex flow, Couette flow, and oscillatory compressible flows with shock waves show that our implicit-explicit finite-difference lattice Boltzmann method is accurate and efficient. In addition, it is demonstrated that with the proposed scheme non-uniform meshes can also be implemented with ease.

Keywords: Lattice Boltzmann method; implicit-explicit; finite-difference; compressible flows; 02.70.-c; 47.11.-j; 47.40.-x (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0129183107011868
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:18:y:2007:i:12:n:s0129183107011868

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from

DOI: 10.1142/S0129183107011868

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC) is currently edited by H. J. Herrmann

More articles in International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC) from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Tai Tone Lim ().