| Third M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics
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June 14–17, 2005
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Extension of the LBM to 3D fully unstructured grids
S. Ubertinia,*, N. Rossia, G. Bellaa, S. Succib
aUniversity of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Department of Mechanical Engineering, 00133 Rome, Italy bIstituto Applicazioni Calcolo, CNR, Rome, Italy
ABSTRACT
This paper presents a compact and efficient finite-volume lattice Boltzmann formulation on three-dimensional unstructured grids based on a cell-vertex scheme. The resulting model has been tested against the laminar flow past a sphere at low Reynolds numbers.
Keywords:
Lattice Boltzmann method; Unstructured grids; Finite volumes; Fluid dynamics