A comprehensive parametric study of LBM-DEM for immersed granular flows

This paper presents a parametric study of a fluid-particle model which couples Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) and Discrete Element Method (DEM) using an immersed moving boundary technique. Benchmark cases with increasing complexity are simulated to understand the numerical accuracy, stability and ef...

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Published in:Computers and geotechnics 2019-10, Vol.114, p.103100, Article 103100
Main Authors: Yang, G.C., Jing, L., Kwok, C.Y., Sobral, Y.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
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Computational fluid dynamics
Computer simulation
Discrete element method
Fluid-particle interaction
Geophysics
Granular collapse
Immersed moving boundary
LBM-DEM
Parametric statistics
Stability
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Summary:This paper presents a parametric study of a fluid-particle model which couples Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) and Discrete Element Method (DEM) using an immersed moving boundary technique. Benchmark cases with increasing complexity are simulated to understand the numerical accuracy, stability and efficiency of the algorithm. A guideline for a high-quality LBM-DEM model is proposed and applied to a test case of granular collapse in water. The simulation result shows excellent agreement with a companion experiment, which demonstrates the capability of LBM-DEM to describe the dynamics of densely packed and friction dominant immersed granular flows, highlighting its potential to study geophysical mass movements.
ISSN:0266-352X
1873-7633
DOI:10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.103100