Numerical implementation of thermal boundary conditions in the lattice Boltzmann method
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International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Journal
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Journal Volume
52
Journal Issue
1-2
Pages
529-532
Date Issued
2009
Date
2008
Author(s)
Kuo, Long-Sheng
Abstract
This work proposed a non-equilibrium mirror-reflection scheme to implement thermal boundary conditions for the two-distribution lattice Boltzmann method (TLBM). The study showed that the most popular non-equilibrium bounce-back scheme would become inadequate when the predictions of temperature gradient were examined in TLBM. This work used the native method in TLBM to verify temperature gradient instead of the conventional finite difference approximation. The simulation results demonstrated that the mirror-reflection scheme is a scheme of second-order accuracy and can predict the temperature and temperature gradient correctly. With help of calculating the heat flux on the boundary, this work also suggested a more efficient and realistic way to determine the Nusselt number in Rayleigh-Bénard convection problems. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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