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Performance investigation of 2D lattice Boltzmann simulation of forces on a circular cylinder

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The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is employed to simulate the uniform flow past a circular cylinder. The performance of the two-dimensional LBM model on the prediction of force coefficients and vortex shedding frequency is investigated. The local grid refinement technique and second-order boundary condition for curved walls are applied in the calculations. It is found that the calculated vortex shedding frequency, drag coefficient and lift coefficient are consistent with experimental results at Reynolds numbers lower than 300. For the high Reynolds number flow, although the simulation by the combined model of LBM and large eddy simulation method is numerically stable, the simulated results deviate from those of experiments, similar to the reported results by conventional numerical methods. It is suggested that this is mainly due to the three-dimensionality of the flow.

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  1. School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Tongqing Chen  (陈同庆) & Qinghe Zhang  (张庆河)

  2. Key Laboratory of Harbor and Ocean Engineering, Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Tongqing Chen  (陈同庆) & Qinghe Zhang  (张庆河)

  3. School of Civil and Resource Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia

    Liang Cheng  (程 亮)

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Supported by the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (No. 20060056036).

CHEN Tongqing, born in 1980, male, doctorate student.

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Chen, T., Zhang, Q. & Cheng, L. Performance investigation of 2D lattice Boltzmann simulation of forces on a circular cylinder. Trans. Tianjin Univ. 16, 417–423 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12209-010-1449-4

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