A parallel version of a Lattice Boltzmann Equation algorithm , which simulates the electrostatic plasma turbulence, has been developed using the High Performance Fortran language. The algorithm evolves a system of particle populations on a discrete lattice and data-parallel implementation has been performed by a regular domain decomposition. System evolution requires both completely local and n...

The thermal conductivity of insulating (dielectric) crystals is computed almost exclusively on the basis of the phonon Boltzmann equation. We refer to [1] for a discussion more complete than possible in this contribution. On the microscopic level the starting point is the Born-Oppenheimer approximation (see [2] for a modern version), which provides an effective Hamiltonian for the slow motion o...

In this paper, Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) is used to study laminar flow with mixed convection heat transfer inside a two-dimensional inclined lid-driven rectangular cavity with aspect ratio AR = 3. Bottom wall of the cavity is maintained at lower temperature than the top lid, and its vertical walls are assumed insulated. Top lid motion results in fluid motion inside the cavity. Inclination ...

For low density gases the validity of the Boltzmann transport equation is well established. The central object is the one-particle distribution function, f , which in the Boltzmann-Grad limit satisfies the Boltzmann equation. Grad and, much refined, Cercignani argue for the existence of this limit on the basis of the BBGKY hierarchy for hard spheres. At least for a short kinetic time span, the ...

A Lattice Boltzmann method is applied to demonstrate the comparison results of simulating natural convection in an open end cavity using different hydrodynamic and thermal boundary conditions. The Prandtl number in the present simulation is 0.71, Rayleigh numbers are 104,105 and 106 and viscosities are selected 0.02 and 0.05. On-Grid bounce-back method with first-order accuracy and non-slip met...

This work presents a numerical analysis of entropy generation in Γ-Shaped enclosure that was submitted to the natural convection process using a simple thermal lattice Boltzmann method (TLBM) with the Boussinesq approximation.  A 2D thermal lattice Boltzmann method with 9 velocities, D2Q9, is used to solve the thermal flow problem. The simulations are performed at a constant Prandtl number (Pr ...

The lattice Boltzmann method has become a widely used tool for the numerical simulation of fluid flows and in particular of turbulent flows. In this frame the inclusion of subgrid scale closures is of crucial importance and is not completely understood from the theoretical point of view. Here, we propose a consistent way of introducing subgrid closures in the BGK Boltzmann equation for large ed...