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Lattice Boltzmann method for direct numerical simulation of turbulent flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 July 2010

S. S. CHIKATAMARLA ,
C. E. FROUZAKIS ,
I. V. KARLIN ,
A. G. TOMBOULIDES  and
K. B. BOULOUCHOS
S. S. CHIKATAMARLA*
Affiliation:
LAV, Institute of Energy Technology, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
C. E. FROUZAKIS
Affiliation:
LAV, Institute of Energy Technology, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
I. V. KARLIN
Affiliation:
LAV, Institute of Energy Technology, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
A. G. TOMBOULIDES
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, 50100 Kozani, Greece
K. B. BOULOUCHOS
Affiliation:
LAV, Institute of Energy Technology, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
*
†Email address for correspondence: shyam_css@yahoo.com
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Abstract

We present three-dimensional direct numerical simulations (DNS) of the Kida vortex flow, a prototypical turbulent flow, using a novel high-order lattice Boltzmann (LB) model. Extensive comparisons of various global and local statistical quantities obtained with an incompressible-flow spectral element solver are reported. It is demonstrated that the LB method is a promising alternative for DNS as it quantitatively captures all the computed statistics of fluid turbulence.

JFM classification

Mathematical Foundations: Computational methods Turbulent Flows: Isotropic turbulence Turbulent Flows: Turbulence simulation
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 656 , 10 August 2010 , pp. 298 - 308
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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