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Optimization Strategies for the Entropic Lattice Boltzmann Method

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The entropic formulation of the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) features enhanced numerical stability due to its compliance with the Boltzmann H-theorem. This stability comes at the price of some computational overhead, associated with the need of adjusting the local relaxation time of the standard LBM in such a way as to secure compliance with the H-theorem. In this paper, we discuss a number of possible optimization strategies to reduce the computational overhead of entropic LBMs.

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  1. Dip. di Matematica “U. Dini”, Università degli studi di Firenze, Viale Morgagni 67a, 50134, Firenze, Italy

    Francesca Tosi

  2. “Tor Vergata”, Dip. Ingegneria Meccanica, Università degli studi di Roma, Via del Politecnico 1, 0133, Roma, Italy

    Stefano Ubertini

  3. Istituto Applicazioni del Calcolo CNR, Via del Policlinico 137, 00161, Roma, Italy

    S. Succi

  4. Aerothermochemistry and Combustion Systems Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Zentrum, CH-8092, Zurich, Switzerland

    I. V. Karlin

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Tosi, F., Ubertini, S., Succi, S. et al. Optimization Strategies for the Entropic Lattice Boltzmann Method. J Sci Comput 30, 369–387 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-006-9097-5

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