https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2009-01015-9
Prediction of vortex shedding from a circular cylinder using a volumetric Lattice-Boltzmann boundary approach
Exa Corporation, 55 Network Drive, Burlington, MA, 01803, USA
Corresponding author: leolee@exa.com
An extended boundary scheme based on the generalized volumetric boundary algorithm for Lattice-Boltzmann method (LBM) is proposed in this paper. This approach applies a local non-equilibrium based scattering correction to the outgoing particle distributions that bounced-back from a solid surface. The correction reduces the near wall numerical smearing when enforcing the no-slip boundary condition and leads to accurate prediction of flow separations on a curved surface. A set of quantitative numerical studies of flow past a circular cylinder at low Reynolds numbers is conducted. Important flow quantities that characterize the vortex shedding phenomena behind cylinder are accurately predicted.
© EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag, 2009
