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EPJ ST - Special Topics
Special Topics
Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 171, 3-8 (2009)
DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2009-01004-0

Eulerian description of high-order bounce-back scheme for lattice Boltzmann equation with curved boundary

T. Lee1 and G.K. Leaf2

1  Department of Mechanical Engineering, City College of City University of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
2  Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA

thlee@ccny.cuny.edu

Abstract
We propose an Eulerian description of the bounce-back boundary condition based on the high-order implicit time-marching schemes to improve the accuracy of lattice Boltzmann simulation in the vicinity of curved boundary. The Eulerian description requires only one grid spacing between fluid nodes when second-order accuracy in time and space is desired, although high-order accurate boundary conditions can be constructed on more grid-point support. The Eulerian description also provides an analytical framework for several different interpolation-based boundary conditions. For instance, the semi-Lagrangian, linear interpolation boundary condition is found to be a first-order upwind discretization that changes the time-marching schemes from implicit to explicit as the distance between the fluid boundary node and the solid boundary increases.



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