Multiple-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann approach to compressible flows with flexible specific-heat ratio and Prandtl number

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Published 2 July 2010 Europhysics Letters Association
, , Citation Feng Chen et al 2010 EPL 90 54003 DOI 10.1209/0295-5075/90/54003

0295-5075/90/5/54003

Abstract

A new multiple-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann scheme for compressible flows with arbitrary specific-heat ratio and Prandtl number is presented. In the new scheme, which is based on a two-dimensional 16-discrete-velocity model, the kinetic moment space and the corresponding transformation matrix are constructed according to the seven-moment relations associated with the local-equilibrium distribution function. In the continuum limit, the model recovers the compressible Navier-Stokes equations with flexible specific-heat ratio and Prandtl number. Numerical experiments show that compressible flows with strong shocks can be simulated by the present model up to Mach numbers Ma∼5.

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