It is shown that the lattice Boltzmann equation LBE corresponds to an explicit Verlet time-marching scheme for a continuum generalized Boltzmann equation with a memory delay equal to a half time step. This proves second-order accuracy of LBE with respect to this generalized equation, with no need of resorting to any implicit time-marching procedure Crank-Nicholson and associated nonlinear variable transformations. It is also shown, and numerically demonstrated, that this equivalence is not only formal, but it also translates into a complete equivalence of the corresponding computational schemes with respect to the hydrodynamic equa- tions. Second-order accuracy with respect to the continuum kinetic equation is also numerically demonstrated for the case of the Taylor-Green vortex. It is pointed out that the equivalence is however broken for the case in which mass and/or momentum are not conserved, such as for chemically reactive flows and mixtures. For such flows, the time-centered implicit formulation may indeed offer a better numerical accuracy.

Three ways to lattice Boltzmann: A unified time-marching picture / Ubertini, S.; Asinari, Pietro; Succi, S.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS. - ISSN 1539-3755. - 81:(2010), pp. 016311-1-016311-11. [10.1103/PhysRevE.81.016311]

Three ways to lattice Boltzmann: A unified time-marching picture

ASINARI, PIETRO;
2010

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It is shown that the lattice Boltzmann equation LBE corresponds to an explicit Verlet time-marching scheme for a continuum generalized Boltzmann equation with a memory delay equal to a half time step. This proves second-order accuracy of LBE with respect to this generalized equation, with no need of resorting to any implicit time-marching procedure Crank-Nicholson and associated nonlinear variable transformations. It is also shown, and numerically demonstrated, that this equivalence is not only formal, but it also translates into a complete equivalence of the corresponding computational schemes with respect to the hydrodynamic equa- tions. Second-order accuracy with respect to the continuum kinetic equation is also numerically demonstrated for the case of the Taylor-Green vortex. It is pointed out that the equivalence is however broken for the case in which mass and/or momentum are not conserved, such as for chemically reactive flows and mixtures. For such flows, the time-centered implicit formulation may indeed offer a better numerical accuracy.
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