Lattice Boltzmann Simulation for two-dimensional bacterial turbulence

2020 ◽  
Vol 555 ◽  
pp. 124402
Author(s):  
Yuxian Xia ◽  
Xiang Qiu ◽  
Jianping Lou ◽  
Yuehong Qian
1998 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 6861-6864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaobo Nie ◽  
Yue-Hong Qian ◽  
Gary D. Doolen ◽  
Shiyi Chen

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (05) ◽  
pp. 669-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
GÁBOR HÁZI ◽  
GÁBOR TÓTH

This paper reports on a numerical study of two-dimensional decaying turbulence in a square domain with no-slip walls. The generation of strong small-scale vortices near the no-slip walls have been observed in the lattice Boltzmann simulations just like in earlier pseudospectral calculations. Due to these vortices the enstrophy is not a monotone decaying function of time. Considering a number of simulations and taking their ensemble average, we have found that the decay of enstrophy and that of the kinetic energy can be described well by power-laws. The exponents of these laws depend on the Reynolds number in a similar manner than was observed before in pseudospectral simulations. Considering the ensemble averaged 1D Fourier energy spectra calculated along the walls, we could not find a simple power-law, which fits well to the simulation data. These spectra change in time and reveal an exponent close to -3 in the intermediate and an exponent -5/3 at low wavenumbers. On the other hand, the two-dimensional energy spectra, which remain almost steady in the intermediate decay stage, show clear power-law behavior with exponent larger than -3 depending on the initial Reynolds number.


2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prasanna R. Redapangu ◽  
Kirti Chandra Sahu ◽  
S. P. Vanka

A three-dimensional (3D), multiphase lattice Boltzmann approach is used to study a pressure-driven displacement flow of two immiscible liquids of different densities and viscosities in a square duct. A three-dimensional, 15-velocity (D3Q15) lattice model is used. The effects of channel inclination, viscosity, and density contrasts are investigated. The contours of the density and the average viscosity profiles in different planes are plotted and compared with those obtained in a two-dimensional (2D) channel. We demonstrate that the flow dynamics in a 3D channel is quite different as compared to that of a 2D channel. We found that the flow is relatively more coherent in a 3D channel than that in a 2D channel. A new screw-type instability is seen in the 3D channel that cannot be observed in the 2D channel.


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