Lattice Boltzmann Modeling of Complex Flows for Engineering Applications
By (author) Andrea Montessori, Giacomo Falcucci
Publication date:
11 January 2018Publisher
Morgan & Claypool PublishersISBN-13: 9781681746753
Nature continuously presents a huge number of complex and multiscale
phenomena, which in many cases, involve the presence of one or more
fluids flowing, merging and evolving around us. Since its appearance on
the surface of Earth, mankind has tried to exploit and tame fluids for
their purposes, probably starting with Hero's machinery to open the
doors of the Temple of Serapis in Alexandria to arrive to modern
propulsion systems and actuators. Today, we know that fluid mechanics
lies at the basis of countless scientific and technical applications
from the smallest physical scales (nanofluidics, bacterial motility, and
diffusive flows in porous media), to the largest (from energy
production in power plants to oceanography and meteorology). It is
essential to deepen the understanding of fluid behaviour across scales
for the progress of mankind and for a more sustainable and efficient
future.
Since the very first years of the third millennium, the Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) has seen an exponential growth of applications, especially in the fields connected with the simulation of complex and soft matter flows. LBM, in fact, has shown a remarkable versatility in different fields of applications from nanoactive materials, free surface flows, and multiphase and reactive flows to the simulation of the processes inside engines and fluid machinery. LBM is based on an optimized formulation of Boltzmann's Kinetic Equation, which allows for the simulation of fluid particles, or rather quasi-particles, from a mesoscopic point of view thus allowing the inclusion of more fundamental physical interactions in respect to the standard schemes adopted with Navier-Stokes solvers, based on the continuum assumption.
In this book, the authors present the most recent advances of the application of the LBM to complex flow phenomena of scientific and technical interest with focus on the multiscale modeling of heterogeneous catalysis within nano-porous media and multiphase, multicomponent flows.
Since the very first years of the third millennium, the Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) has seen an exponential growth of applications, especially in the fields connected with the simulation of complex and soft matter flows. LBM, in fact, has shown a remarkable versatility in different fields of applications from nanoactive materials, free surface flows, and multiphase and reactive flows to the simulation of the processes inside engines and fluid machinery. LBM is based on an optimized formulation of Boltzmann's Kinetic Equation, which allows for the simulation of fluid particles, or rather quasi-particles, from a mesoscopic point of view thus allowing the inclusion of more fundamental physical interactions in respect to the standard schemes adopted with Navier-Stokes solvers, based on the continuum assumption.
In this book, the authors present the most recent advances of the application of the LBM to complex flow phenomena of scientific and technical interest with focus on the multiscale modeling of heterogeneous catalysis within nano-porous media and multiphase, multicomponent flows.