Computer graphics: principles and practice (2nd ed.)
Computer graphics: principles and practice (2nd ed.)
Lattice Boltzmann model for free-surface flow and its application to filling process in casting
Journal of Computational Physics
Localized Parallel Algorithm for Bubble Coalescence in Free Surface Lattice-Boltzmann Method
Euro-Par '09 Proceedings of the 15th International Euro-Par Conference on Parallel Processing
A lattice Boltzmann approach for free-surface-flow simulations on non-uniform block-structured grids
Computers & Mathematics with Applications
Editorial: Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science
Computers & Mathematics with Applications
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This paper presents an enhancement to the free surface lattice Boltzmann method (FSLBM) for the simulation of bubbly flows including rupture and breakup of bubbles. The FSLBM uses a volume of fluid approach to reduce the problem of a liquid-gas two-phase flow to a single-phase free surface simulation. In bubbly flows compression effects leading to an increase or decrease of pressure in the suspended bubbles cannot be neglected. Therefore, the free surface simulation is augmented by a bubble model that supplies the missing information by tracking the topological changes of the free surface in the flow. The new model presented here is capable of handling the effects of bubble breakup and coalesce without causing a significant computational overhead. Thus, the enhanced bubble model extends the applicability of the FSLBM to a new range of practically relevant problems, like bubble formation and development in chemical reactors or foaming processes.