The Lattice-Boltzmann Method for Gaseous Phenomena Paper by Xiaoming Wei, Wei Li, Klaus Mueller and Arie Kaufman Implementation by Davey Krill, March 2006, CS 777
Problem and Goal Display Particles Microscopic Particles Temperature Field simulates Buoyancy Boundary Conditions Velocity Field simulates Wind
Navier-Stokes? Bah!
Lattice Boltzmann model
Setting Things into Motion
The Algorithm Initialize the grid cells Find Compute equilibrium packet distributions Solve for new packet distributions Propagate to neighboring cells Boundary conditions
Putting it to the Test Initial conditions: D=0.42, v=0.5, tau=0.56