Three-dimensional lattice Boltzmann method benchmarks between color-gradient and pseudo-potential immiscible multi-component models

Sébastien Leclaire, Andrea Parmigiani (), Bastien Chopard () and Jonas Latt
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Sébastien Leclaire: Department of Computer Science, University of Geneva, 7 route de Drize, Carouge 1227, Switzerland2Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, 2500 Chemin de Polytechnique, Montreal H3T 1J4, Canada
Andrea Parmigiani: Department of Earth Sciences, Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH Zurich, Clausiusstrasse 25, Zürich 8092, Switzerland
Bastien Chopard: Department of Computer Science, University of Geneva, 7 route de Drize, Carouge 1227, Switzerland
Jonas Latt: Department of Computer Science, University of Geneva, 7 route de Drize, Carouge 1227, Switzerland4FlowKit Sàrl, Route d’Oron 2, Lausanne 1010, Switzerland

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2017, vol. 28, issue 07, 1-30

Abstract: In this paper, a lattice Boltzmann color-gradient method is compared with a multi-component pseudo-potential lattice Boltzmann model for two test problems: a droplet deformation in a shear flow and a rising bubble subject to buoyancy forces. With the help of these two problems, the behavior of the two models is compared in situations of competing viscous, capillary and gravity forces. It is found that both models are able to generate relevant scientific results. However, while the color-gradient model is more complex than the pseudo-potential approach, numerical experiments show that it is also more powerful and suffers fewer limitations.

Keywords: Lattice Boltzmann method; multi-phase flow; benchmarks; droplet deformation; rising bubble (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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