Incorporating Forcing Terms in Cascaded Lattice-Boltzmann Approach by Method of Central Moments

TL;DR

This paper introduces a Galilean invariant forcing scheme for the cascaded lattice-Boltzmann method using central moments, enhancing stability and accuracy in fluid simulations with external forces.

Contribution

It derives a new formulation of source terms in Cascaded-LBM based on central moments, ensuring Galilean invariance and generalizing existing force schemes.

Findings

The new forcing scheme is Galilean invariant by construction.

The approach is consistent with Navier-Stokes equations via Chapman-Enskog analysis.

Computational tests confirm improved accuracy in force-driven flows.

Abstract

Cascaded lattice-Boltzmann method (Cascaded-LBM) employs a new class of collision operators aiming to improve numerical stability. It achieves this and distinguishes from other collision operators, such as in the standard single or multiple relaxation time approaches, by performing relaxation process due to collisions in terms of moments shifted by the local hydrodynamic fluid velocity, i.e. central moments, in an ascending order-by-order at different relaxation rates. In this paper, we propose and derive source terms in the Cascaded-LBM to represent the effect of external or internal forces on the dynamics of fluid motion. This is essentially achieved by matching the continuous form of the central moments of the source or forcing terms with its discrete version. Different forms of continuous central moments of sources, including one that is obtained from a local Maxwellian, are considered in this regard. As a result, the forcing terms obtained in this new formulation are Galilean invariant by construction. The method of central moments along with the associated orthogonal properties of the moment basis completely determines the expressions for the source terms as a function of the force and macroscopic velocity fields. In contrast to the existing forcing schemes, it is found that they involve higher order terms in velocity space. It is shown that the proposed approach implies "generalization" of both local equilibrium and source terms in the usual lattice frame of reference, which depend on the ratio of the relaxation times of moments of different orders. An analysis by means of the Chapman-Enskog multiscale expansion shows that the Cascaded-LBM with forcing terms is consistent with the Navier-Stokes equations. Computational experiments with canonical problems involving different types of forces demonstrate its accuracy.