Lattice boltzmann computation of micro and macro fluid flows and heat transfer

Abstract

This thesis is concerned with the application of Lattice Boltzmann Method LBM to various steady incompressible fluid flow and heat transfer problems in the macro and micro flow regimes The Lattice Boltzmann Method is a means of flow computation based on simplified kinetic models using discrete particle velocities which exploits the fact that the collective behaviour of the molecules does not explicitly depend on their individual dynamics Being a relatively new and an alternative method of