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Sound Propagation Properties of the Discrete-Velocity Boltzmann Equation
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As the numerical resolution is increased and the discretisation error decreases, the lattice Boltzmann method tends towards the discrete-velocity Boltzmann equation (DVBE). An expression for the propagation properties of plane sound waves is found for this equation. This expression is compared to similar ones from the Navier-Stokes and Burnett models, and is found to be closest to the latter. The anisotropy of sound propagation with the DVBE is examined using a two-dimensional velocity set. It is found that both the anisotropy and the deviation between the models is negligible if the Knudsen number is less than 1 by at least an order of magnitude.
... An application of the LBM to propagation of plane sound waves is described in Ref. [11]. An extensive study of application of the LBM in acoustics has been performed by Viggen [12][13][14][15][16]. ...
... With the standard LBM, only viscous effects are included. Moreover, the LBM is not stable for small values of the viscosity, so the true dissipation of sound waves in air cannot be reproduced with the LBM [14,15]. ...
Propagation of sound waves in air can be considered as a special case of fluid dynamics. Consequently, the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) for fluid flow can be used for simulating sound propagation. In this article application of the LBM to sound propagation is illustrated for various cases: free-field propagation, propagation over porous and non-porous ground, propagation over a noise barrier, and propagation in an atmosphere with wind. LBM results are compared with solutions of the equations of acoustics. It is found that the LBM works well for sound waves, but dissipation of sound waves with the LBM is generally much larger than real dissipation of sound waves in air. To circumvent this problem it is proposed here to use the LBM for assessing the excess sound level, i.e. the difference between the sound level and the free-field sound level. The effect of dissipation on the excess sound level is much smaller than the effect on the sound level, so the LBM can be used to estimate the excess sound level for a non-dissipative atmosphere, which is a useful quantity in atmospheric acoustics. To reduce dissipation in an LBM simulation two approaches are considered: i) reduction of the kinematic viscosity and ii) reduction of the lattice spacing.
... Since its beginnings in the 1980s, the LBM has been widely applied in the field of computational fluid dynamics, with a range of different techniques, such as single and multiphase flows or single and multirelaxation time methods, see, e.g., [1][2][3][4]. Additionally, the method has been adapted for different physical models beyond fluids, such as wave propagation [5][6][7] and elastic waves [8][9][10][11] in different media. But the range of applications of the LBM has also been expanded to the simulation of elastic solids [12][13][14][15], although not much work has been published in this field yet. ...
In this work, two different approaches to treat boundary conditions in a lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) for the wave equation are presented. We interpret the wave equation as the governing equation of the displacement field of a solid under simplified deformation assumptions, but the algorithms are not limited to this interpretation. A feature of both algorithms is that the boundary does not need to conform with the discretization, i.e., the regular lattice. This allows for a larger flexibility regarding the geometries that can be handled by the LBM. The first algorithm aims at determining the missing distribution functions at boundary lattice points in such a way that a desired macroscopic boundary condition is fulfilled. The second algorithm is only available for Neumann-type boundary conditions and considers a balance of momentum for control volumes on the mesoscopic scale, i.e., at the scale of the lattice spacing. Numerical examples demonstrate that the new algorithms indeed improve the accuracy of the LBM compared to previous results and that they are able to model boundary conditions for complex geometries that do not conform with the lattice.
We analyse a linear lattice Boltzmann (LB) formulation for simulation of linear acoustic wave propagation in heterogeneous media. We employ the single-relaxation-time Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (BGK) as well as the general multi-relaxation-time (MRT) collision operators. By calculating the dispersion relation for various 2D lattices, we show that the D2Q5 lattice is the most suitable model for the linear acoustic problem. We also implement a grid-refinement algorithm for the LB scheme to simulate waves propagating in a heterogeneous medium with velocity contrasts. Our results show that the LB scheme performance is comparable to the classical second-order finite-difference schemes. Given its efficiency for parallel computation, the LB method can be a cost effective tool for the simulation of linear acoustic waves in complex geometries and multiphase media.
After reading this chapter, you will understand the fundamentals of sound propagation in a viscous fluid as they apply to lattice Boltzmann simulations, and you will know why sound waves in these simulations do not necessarily propagate according to the “speed of sound” lattice constant. You will have insight into why sound waves can appear spontaneously in lattice Boltzmann simulations and know how to create sound waves artificially in your simulations. Additionally, you will know about special boundary conditions that minimise the reflection of sound waves back into the system, allowing you to avoid reflected sound waves polluting the simulation results.
The lattice Boltzmann (LB) method typically uses an isothermal equation of state. This is not sufficient to simulate a number of acoustic phenomena where the equation of state cannot be approximated as linear and constant. However, it is possible to implement variable equations of state by altering the LB equilibrium distribution. For simple velocity sets with velocity components ξiα ∈ {−1,0,1} for all i, these equilibria necessarily cause error terms in the momentum equation. These error terms are shown to be either correctable or negligible at the cost of further weakening the compressibility. For the D1Q3 velocity set, such an equilibrium distribution is found and shown to be unique. Its sound propagation properties are found for both forced and free waves, with some generality beyond D1Q3. Finally, this equilibrium distribution is applied to a nonlinear acoustics simulation where both mechanisms of nonlinearity are simulated with good results. This represents an improvement on previous such simulations and proves that the compressibility of the method is still sufficiently strong even for nonlinear acoustics.
The lattice Boltzmann method has been widely used as a solver for incompressible flow, though it is not restricted to this application. More generally, it can be used as a compressible Navier-Stokes solver, albeit
with a restriction that the Mach number is low. While that restriction may seem strict, it does not hinder the application of the method to the simulation of sound waves, for which the Mach numbers are generally
very low. Even sound waves with strong nonlinear effects can be captured well. Despite this, the method has not been as widely used for problems where acoustic phenomena are involved as it has been for incompressible problems.
The research presented this thesis goes into three different aspects of lattice Boltzmann acoustics. Firstly, linearisation analyses are used to derive and compare the sound propagation properties of the lattice
Boltzmann equation and comparable fluid models for both free and forced waves. The propagation properties of the fully discrete lattice Boltzmann equation are shown to converge at second order towards those of the discrete-velocity Boltzmann equation, which itself predicts the same lowest-order absorption but different dispersion to the other fluid models.
Secondly, it is shown how multipole sound sources can be created mesoscopically by adding a particle source term to the Boltzmann equation. This method is straightforwardly extended to the lattice Boltzmann
method by discretisation. The results of lattice Boltzmann simulations of monopole, dipole, and quadrupole point sources are shown to agree very well with the combined predictions of this multipole method and the linearisation analysis. The exception to this agreement is the immediate vicinity of the point source, where the singularity in the analytical solution cannot be reproduced numerically.
Thirdly, an extended lattice Boltzmann model is described. This model alters the equilibrium distribution to reproduce variable equations of state while remaining simple to implement and efficient to run. To
compensate for an unphysical bulk viscosity, the extended model contains a bulk viscosity correction term. It is shown that all equilibrium distributions that allow variable equations of state must be identical for the one-dimensional D1Q3 velocity set. Using such a D1Q3 velocity set and an isentropic equation of state, both mechanisms of nonlinear acoustics are captured successfully in a simulation, improving on previous isothermal simulations where only one mechanism could be captured. In addition, the effect of molecular relaxation on sound propagation is simulated using a model equation of state. Though the particular implementation used is not completely stable, the results agree well with theory.
By including an oscillating particle source term, acoustic multipole sources can be implemented in the lattice Boltzmann method. The effect of this source term on the macroscopic conservation equations is found using a Chapman-Enskog expansion. In a lattice with q particle velocities, the source term can be decomposed into q orthogonal multipoles. More complex sources may be formed by superposing these basic multipoles. Analytical solutions found from the macroscopic equations and an analytical lattice Boltzmann wavenumber are compared with inviscid multipole simulations, finding very good agreement except close to singularities in the analytical solutions. Unlike the BGK operator, the regularized collision operator is proven capable of accurately simulating two-dimensional acoustic generation and propagation at zero viscosity.
When gas flows through corrugated pipes, pressure waves interacting with vortex shedding can produce distinct tonal noise and structural vibration. Based on established observations, a model is proposed which couples an acoustic pipe and self-excited oscillations with vortex shedding over the corrugation cavities. In the model, the acoustic response of the corrugated pipe is simulated by connecting the lossless medium moving with a constant velocity with a source based on a discrete distribution of van der Pol oscillators arranged along the pipe. Our time accurate solutions exhibit dynamic behavior consistent with that experimentally observed, including the lock-in frequency of vortex shedding, standing waves and the onset fluid velocity capable of generating the lock-in.
This thesis describes the development of a Lattice Boltzmann (LB) model for a binary gas mixture. Specifically, channel flow driven by a density gradient with diffusion slip occurring at the wall is studied in depth.
The first part of this thesis sets the foundation for the multi-component model used in the subsequent chapters. Commonly used single component LB methods use a non-physical equation of state, in which the relationship between pressure and density varies according to the scaling used. This is fundamentally unsuitable for extension to multi-component systems containing gases of differing molecular masses that are modelled with the ideal gas equation of state. Also, existing methods for implementing boundary conditions are unsuitable for extending to novel boundary conditions, such as diffusion slip. Therefore, a new single component LB derivation and a new method for implementing boundary conditions are developed, and validated against Poiseuille flow. However, including a physical equation of state reduces stability and time accuracy, leading to longer computational times, compared with 'incompressible' LB methods. The new method of analysing LB boundary conditions successfully explains observations from other commonly used schemes, such as the slip velocity associated with 'bounce-back'.
The new model developed for multi-component gases avoids the pitfalls of some other LB models, a single computational grid is shared by all the species and the diffusivity is independent of the viscosity. The Navier-Stokes equation for the mixture and the Stefan-Maxwell diffusion equation are both recovered by the model. However, the species momentum equations are not recovered correctly and this can lead to instability. Diffusion slip, the non-zero velocity of a gas mixture at a wall parallel to a concentration gradient, is successfully modelled and validated against a simple one-dimensional model for channel flow. To increase the accuracy of the scheme a second order numerical implementation is needed. This can be achieved using a variable transformation method which does not result in an increase in computational time.
Simulations were carried out on hydrogen and water diffusion through a narrow channel, with varying total pressure and concentration gradients. For a given value of the species mass flux ratio, the total pressure gradient was dependent on the species concentration gradients. These results may be applicable to fuel cells where the species mass flux ratio is determined by a chemical reaction and the species have opposing velocities. In this case the total pressure gradient is low and the cross-channel average mass flux of hydrogen is independent of the channel width.
Finally, solutions for a binary Stefan tube problem were investigated, in which the boundary at one end of a channel is permeable to hydrogen but not water. The water has no total mass flux along the channel but circulates due to the slip velocity at the wall. The cross-channel average mass flux of the hydrogen along the channel increases with larger channel widths. A fuel cell using a mixture of gases, one being inert, will experience similar circulation phenomena and, importantly, the width of the pores will affect performance.
This thesis essentially proves the viability of LB models to simulate multi-component gases with diffusion slip boundaries, and identifies the many areas in which improvements could be made.
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The classical Kirchhoff derivation of the absorption of sound in gases at moderate pressures starts from the Navier?Stokes equations of hydrodynamics. At low pressures, specifically when the mean free path is no longer small compared with the sound wavelength, this same derivation predicts a dispersion of the speed of sound. The absorption and dispersion can also be derived directly from the Boltzmann equation, with a result that confirms the Kirchhoff absorption coefficient, but with predicted dispersion and higher?order terms in the absorption that differ from those of hydrodynamics. Martin Greenspan's early work on sound propagation at low pressures provided the experimental data for a definitive test of the Boltzmann equation. These derivations will be briefly reviewed and the comparison with Greenspan's results will be shown. Some concluding remarks about the history of this problem and about more recent developments will be made.
A theory is initiated, based on the equations of motion of a gas, for the purpose of estimating the sound radiated from a fluid flow, with rigid boundaries, which as a result of instability contains regular fluctuations or turbulence. The sound field is that which would be produced by a static distribution of acoustic quadrupoles whose instantaneous strength per unit volume is rho vivj + pij - a02rho delta ij, where rho is the density, vi the velocity vector, pij the compressive stress tensor, and a0 the velocity of sound outside the flow. This quadrupole strength density may be approximated in many cases as rho 0vivi. The radiation field is deduced by means of retarded potential solutions. In it, the intensity depends crucially on the frequency as well as on the strength of the quadrupoles, and as a result increases in proportion to a high power, near the eighth, of a typical velocity U in the flow. Physically, the mechanism of conversion of energy from kinetic to acoustic is based on fluctuations in the flow of momentum across fixed surfaces, and it is explained in section 2 how this accounts both for the relative inefficiency of the process and for the increase of efficiency with U. It is shown in section 7 how the efficiency is also increased, particularly for the sound emitted forwards, in the case of fluctuations convected at a not negligible Mach number.
▪ Abstract We present an overview of the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM), a parallel and efficient algorithm for simulating single-phase and multiphase fluid flows and for incorporating additional physical complexities. The LBM is especially useful for modeling complicated boundary conditions and multiphase interfaces. Recent extensions of this method are described, including simulations of fluid turbulence, suspension flows, and reaction diffusion systems.