Lattice-Boltzmann simulations of particles in non-zero-Reynolds-number flows
- 25 April 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 385, 41-62
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112099004401
Abstract
A lattice-Boltzmann method has been developed to simulate suspensions of both spherical and non-spherical particles in finite-Reynolds-number flows. The results for sedimentation of a single elliptical particle are shown to be in excellent agreement with the results of Huang, Hu & Joseph (1998) who used a finite-element method. Sedimentation of two-dimensional circular and rectangular particles in a two-dimensional channel and three-dimensional spherical particles in a tube with square cross-section is simulated. Computational results are consistent with experimentally observed phenomena, such as drafting, kissing and tumbling.Keywords
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