Synopses & Reviews
A self-contained, comprehensive introduction to the theory of hydrodynamic lattice gases.
Review
'... this book gives a very good review of the main results obtained in the field of lattice-gas models. It will help newcomers to get started. Many of the results shown in the book are impresssive and should attract people who commonly use standard approaches.' P. Lallemand, European Journal of Mechanics
Synopsis
This volume describes how fluid flow may be simulated with simple computer models known as lattice-gas cellular automata. The models consist of particles that hop and scatter on a regular grid. Remarkably, such a simple model may be used to solve the equations of fluid mechanics. The authors show why these simple models behave like real fluids, how they may be designed to model immiscible mixtures such as water and oil, and how they may be used to solve certain problems in fluid mechanics. The book will be of interest to physicists, mathematicians and engineers interested in the simulation of fluid dynamics. Exercises and references are included.
Synopsis
A self-contained, comprehensive introduction to momentum-conserving lattice gases, showing how they give rise to isotropic macroscopic hydrodynamics, and how they lead to simple models of fluid phase separation, hydrodynamic interfaces, multiphase flow, and flow through porous media. Many exercises are included.
Table of Contents
Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. A simple model of fluid mechanics; 2. Two routes to hydrodynamics; 3. Inviscid two-dimensional lattice-gas hydrodynamics; 4. Viscous two-dimensional hydrodynamics; 5. Some simple 3D models; 6. The lattice-Boltzmann method; 7. Using the Boltzmann method; 8. Miscible fluids; 9. Immiscible lattice gases; 10. Lattice-Boltzmann method for immiscible fluids; 11. Immiscible lattice gases in three dimensions; 12. Liquid-gas models; 13. Flow through porous media; 14. Equilibrium statistical mechanics; 15. Hydrodynamics in the Boltzmann approximation; 16. Phase separation; 17. Interfaces; 18. Complex fluids and patterns; Appendices; Author Index; Subject Index.