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Accelerated Lattice Boltzmann Schemes for Steady-State Flow Simulations

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A matrix formulation of the steady Lattice Boltzmann equation is presented. It is shown that the strict steady-state formulation, combined with preconditioned iterative solvers, leads to significant computational savings as compared to the standard explicit LBE scheme.

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  1. IAC-CNR, Istituto Applicazioni Calcolo, Viale Policlinico 137, 00161, Roma, Italy

    M. Bernaschi & S. Succi

  2. EXA Corporation, Bedford street, 520, Lexington, Massachusetts

    H. Chen

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Bernaschi, M., Succi, S. & Chen, H. Accelerated Lattice Boltzmann Schemes for Steady-State Flow Simulations. Journal of Scientific Computing 16, 135–144 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012230722915

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