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Mass and momentum transfer across solid-fluid boundaries in the lattice-Boltzmann method

Xuewen Yin1, Guigao Le2, and Junfeng Zhang1,*

  • 1Bharti School of Engineering, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada
  • 2School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China

  • *jzhang@laurentian.ca
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Phys. Rev. E 86, 026701 – Published 1 August, 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.86.026701

Abstract

Mass conservation and momentum transfer across solid-fluid boundaries have been active topics through the development of the lattice-Boltzmann method. In this paper, we review typical treatments to prevent net mass transfer across solid-fluid boundaries in the lattice-Boltzmann method, and argue that such efforts are in general not necessary and could lead to incorrect results. Carefully designed simulations are conducted to examine the effects of normal boundary movement, tangential density gradient, and lattice grid resolution. Our simulation results show that the global mass conservation can be well satisfied even with local unbalanced mass transfer at boundary nodes, while a local mass conservation constraint can produce incorrect flow and pressure fields. These simulations suggest that local mass conservation, at either a fluid or solid boundary node, is not only an unnecessary consequence to maintain the global mass conservation, but also harmful for meaningful simulation results. In addition, the concern on the momentum addition and reduction associated with status-changing nodes is also not technically necessary. Although including this momentum addition or reduction has no direct influence on flow and pressure fields, the incorrect fluid-particle interaction may affect simulation results of particulate suspensions.

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Phys. Rev. E 86, 026701– Published 1 August, 2012
  • Received 17 February 2012

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