A Review on the Application of the Lattice Boltzmann Method for Turbulent Flow Simulation

Abstract

The Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) is a potent numerical technique based on kinetic theory, which has been effectively employed in various complicated physical, chemical, and fluid mechanics problems. In recent years, turbulent flow simulation by using this new class of computational fluid dynamics technique has attracted more attention. In this article, a review of previous studies on turbulence in the frame of LBM is presented. Recent extensions of this method are categorized based on three main groups of turbulence simulation: DNS, LES and RANS methods.

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Ministry of Higher Education for supporting this research activity.