Jian Guo Zhou
Lattice Boltzmann Methods for Shallow Water Flows
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Jian Guo Zhou
Lattice
Boltzmann Methods
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Shallow Water Flows
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Preface
The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is a modern numerical technique, very
efficient, flexible to simulate different flows within complex/varying geome
tries. It is evolved from the lattice gas automata (LGA) in order to overcome
the difficulties with the LGA. The core equation in the LBM turns out to
be a special discrete form of the continuum Boltzmann equation, leading it
to be self-explanatory in statistical physics. The method describes the micro
scopic picture of particles movement in an extremely simplified way, and on
the macroscopic level it gives a correct average description of a fluid. The av
eraged particle velocities behave in time and space just as the flow velocities
in a physical fluid, showing a direct link between discrete microscopic and
continuum macroscopic phenomena.
In contrast to the traditional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based
on a direct solution of flow equations, the lattice Boltzmann method provides
an indirect way for solution of the flow equations. The method is characterized
by simple calculation, parallel process and easy implementation of boundary
conditions. It is these features that make the lattice Boltzmann method a
very promising computational method in different areas. In recent years, it
receives extensive attentions and becomes a very potential research area in
computational fluid dynamics. However, most published books are limited to
the lattice Boltzmann methods for the Navier-Stokes equations.
On the other hand, shallow water flows exist in many practical situations
such as tidal flows, waves, open channel flows and dam-break flows. The ba
sic feature of the flows is that the vertical effect can be neglected compared
with the horizontal one with a good approximation. This allows a considerable
simplification in the mathematical formulation by replacing the vertical mo
mentum equation with the hydrostatic pressure distribution. As a result, such
flows are usually described with the shallow water equations. A numerical so
lution of the shallow water equations turns out to be a very successful tool in
studying a wide range of flow problems occurring in ocean, environmental and
hydraulic engineering, for instance, tidal flows in estuary and coastal regions,
river, reservoir and open channel flows. In literature, there are many compu-
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tational methods available for solutions of the shallow water equations such
as finite difference method, finite volume method, finite element method and
Godunov-type method. Usually, a special treatment is required in these nu
merical procedures for either convective term, depth computations or source
terms. All of these methods are developed on the basis of direct solutions to
the shallow water equations.
Since the lattice Boltzmann method is a modern numerical technique, it
is necessary and natural to investigate how to use the method for solving the
shallow water equations. The author studied the problem and developed a
well-defined lattice Boltzmann model for shallow water flows with or without
flow turbulence, namely LABS WE and LABSWE™. It follows out that the
lattice Boltzmann method is simple, efficient and accurate for solution of the
shallow water equations. Therefore, it is timely to write a book in order to
introduce this elegant method into research field, educational area, engineering
sector and consultancy organisations so that the method may be used to solve
real life flow problems efficiently and accurately.
This book may be used as a research reference for scientist, a practical
method for engineers and consultancy organisations, and a text book for both
undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Peterborough, June 2003
Jian Guo Zhou
Contents
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Introduction............................................... 1
1.1 Outline of the Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2.1 Cellular Automata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2.2 Lattice Gas Automata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2.3 Lattice Boltzmann Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3 Advantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.4 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Shallow Water Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 General Flow Equations.................................. 7
2.3 Subgrid-Scale Stress Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.4 Shallow Water Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.5 Various Numerical Methods.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.6 Closure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3 Lattice Boltzmann Method ................................ 19
3.1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.2 Lattice Boltzmann Equation .............................. 19
3.3 Lattice Pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.4 Local Equilibrium Distribution Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.5 Macroscopic Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.6 Recovery of the Shallow Water Equations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3. 7 Stability Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.8 Relation to Continuum Boltzmann Equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.9 Discussions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.9.1 Two Variants of the LBE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.9.2 Solution Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.9.3 Choice of the LBE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.10 Closure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33