The lattice evolution method for solving the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation in confined domain is developed by introducing the second-order accurate Dirichlet and Neumann boundary implements, which are consistent with the non-slip model in lattice Boltzmann method for fluid flows. The lattice evolution method is validated by comparing with various analytical solutions and shows superior t...

The Taylor series expansionand least-square-based Lattice Boltzmann method (TLLBM) is a flexible Lattice Boltzmann approach capable of simulating incompressible viscous flows with arbitrary geometry. The method is based on the standard Lattice Boltzmann equation (LBE), Taylor series expansion and the least square optimisation. The final formulation is an algebraic form and essentially has no li...

In this paper, a simple method is proposed to obtain steady analytical solutions for the lattice Boltzmann method. Based on such analytical results, it is demonstrated how the accuracy of the lattice Boltzmann method can depend on the relative orientation of the lattice and the flow field. It is also demonstrated that the method can be useful to obtain a general class of analytical solutions fo...

In this dissertation, we investigate a class of standard linear and nonlinear lattice Boltzmann methods from the point of view of mathematical analysis. First we study the consistency of the lattice Boltzmann method on a bounded domain by means of asymptotic analysis. From the analysis of the lattice Boltzmann update rule, we find a representation of the lattice Boltzmann solutions in form of t...

Article history: Received 24 September 2013 Received in revised form 14 March 2014 Accepted 20 March 2014 Available online 26 March 2014

We give a brief account of the development of methods to include thermal fluctuations into lattice Boltzmann algorithms. Emphasis is put on our recent work (Phys. Rev. E 76, 036704 (2007)) which provides a clear understanding in terms of statistical mechanics.