Journal article
A Characteristic Galerkin Method for Discrete Boltzmann Equation
Journal of computational physics, Vol.171(1), pp.336-356
07/20/2001
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.2001.6791
Abstract
The characteristic Galerkin finite element method for the discrete Boltzmann equation is presented to simulate fluid flows in complex geometries. The inherent geometric flexibility of the finite element method permits the easy use of simple Cartesian variables on unstructured meshes and the mesh clustering near large gradients. The characteristic Galerkin procedure with appropriate boundary condition results in accurate solutions with little numerical diffusion. Several test cases are conducted, including unsteady Couette flows, lid-driven cavity flows, and steady flow past a circular cylinder on unstructured meshes. The numerical results are in good agreement with previous analytical (if applicable), numerical, and experimental results.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Characteristic Galerkin Method for Discrete Boltzmann Equation
- Creators
- Taehun Lee - University of IowaChing-Long Lin
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of computational physics, Vol.171(1), pp.336-356
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1006/jcph.2001.6791
- ISSN
- 0021-9991
- eISSN
- 1090-2716
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/20/2001
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Radiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984196640002771
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