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An Application of Two-term and Multi-term Approximation of Boltzmann Equation to Electron Swarm Method (전자군 방법에 이용되는 2항근사와 다항근사 볼츠만 방정식의 적용)

  • 하성철;전병훈
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.79-84
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    • 2002
  • An accurate cross sections set is necessary for the quantitatively understanding and modeling of plasma phenomena. By using the electron swarm method, we determine an accurate electron cross sections set for objective atoms or molecule at low electron energy range. It is general calculation that used in this method to an two-term approximation of Boltzmann equation. But it may give erroneous transport coefficients for CF$_4$ molecule treated in this paper having \`C2v symmetry\`, therefore, multi-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation analysis which can consider anisotropic scattering exactly is carried out. It is necessary to require understanding of the fundamental principle of analysis method. Therefore, in this paper, we compared the electron transport coefficients(W and ND$\_$L/) in pure Ar, O$_2$, and CF$_4$ gas calculated by using two-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation analysis code uses the algorithm proposed by Tagashira et al. with those by multi-term approximation by Rubson and Ness which was developed at James-Cook university, and discussed an application and/or validity of the calculation method by comparing these calculated results.

Stress Based Node Refill Model for Lattice-Boltzmann Method on Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems (격자 볼츠만 법의 유체 구조 연성해석 적용에 대한 응력 기반 격자 재생성 모델)

  • Shin, Jae-Ho;Lee, Sang-Hwan;Lee, Ju-Hee
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.12-18
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    • 2012
  • The Lattice Boltzmann Method has developed for solving the Boltzmann equation in Cartesian domains containing immersed boundaries of arbitrary geometrical complexity moving with prescribed kinematics. When a immersed boundaries are sweeping the fixed fluid node, refilling the node information in a vicinity of fluid nodes is one of the important issues in Lattice Boltzmann Method. In this study, we propose a simple refill algorithm for the particle distribution function based on a proper velocity, density and strain rate to enhance accuracy and stability of the method. The refill scheme based on a asymptotic analysis of LBGK model has improved accuracy than interpolation schemes. The proposed scheme in this study is validated by the simulations of an impulsively started rotating circular cylinder to investigate adaptability for fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problem. This refill scheme has improved stability and accuracy especially at high Reynolds number region.

A STUDY ON THE CHOICE OF THERMAL MODELS IN THE COMPUTATION OF NATURAL CONVECTION WITH THE LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD (Lattice Boltzmann 방법을 사용한 자연대류 해석에서 열모델의 선택에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Seok-Ki;Kim, Seong-O
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.7-13
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    • 2011
  • A comparative analysis of thermal models in the lattice Boltzmann method(LBM) for the simulation of laminar natural convection in a square cavity is presented. A HYBRID method, in which the thermal equation is solved by the Navier-Stokes equation method while the mass and momentum conservation are resolved by the lattice Boltzmann method, is introduced and its merits are explained. All the governing equations are discretized on a cell-centered, non-uniform grid using the finite-volume method. The convection terms are treated by a second-order central-difference scheme with a deferred correction method to ensure stability of the solutions. The HYBRID method and the double-population method are applied to the simulation of natural convection in a square cavity and the predicted results are compared with the benchmark solutions given in the literatures. The predicted results are also compared with those by the conventional Navier-Stokes equation method. In general, the present HYBRID method is as accurate as the Navier-Stokes equation method and the double-population method. The HYBRID method shows better convergence and stability than the double-population method. These observations indicate that this HYBRID method is an efficient and economic method for the simulation of incompressible fluid flow and heat transfer problem with the LBM.

The analysis of electron transport coefficients in $CF_4$ molecular gas by multi-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation (다항근사 볼츠만 방정식에 의한 $CF_4$ 분자가스의 전자수송계수 해석)

  • Jeon, Byung-Hoon;Park, Jae-June;Ha, Sung-Chul
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2001.11b
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    • pp.141-144
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    • 2001
  • An accurate cross sections set are necessary for the quantitatively understanding and modeling of plasma phenomena. By using the electron swarm method. we determine an accurate electron cross sections set for objective atoms or molecule at low electron energy range. In previous paper, we calculated the electron transport coefficients in pure $CF_4$ molecular gas by using two-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation. And by using this simulation method. we confirmed erroneous calculated results of transport coefficients for $CF_{4}$ molecule treated in this paper having 'C2v symmetry' as $C_{3}H_{8}$ and $C_{3}F_{8}$ which have large vibrational excitation cross sections which may exceed elastic momentum transfer cross section. Therefore, in this paper, we calculated the electron transport coefficients(W and $ND_L$) in pure $CF_4$ gas by using multi-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation by Robson and Ness which was developed at lames-Cook university, and discussed an application and/or validity of the calculation method by comparing the calculated results by two-term and multi-term approximation code.

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Grid Refinement Model in Lattice Boltzmann Method for Stream Function-Vorticity Formulations (유동함수-와도 관계를 이용한 격자볼츠만 방법에서의 격자 세밀화 모델)

  • Shin, Myung Seob
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.39 no.5
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    • pp.415-423
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    • 2015
  • In this study, we present a grid refinement model in the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) for two-dimensional incompressible fluid flow. That is, the model combines the desirable features of the lattice Boltzmann method and stream function-vorticity formulations. In order to obtain an accurate result, very fine grid (or lattice) is required near the solid boundary. Therefore, the grid refinement model is used in the lattice Boltzmann method for stream function-vorticity formulation. This approach is more efficient in that it can obtain the same accurate solution as that in single-block approach even if few lattices are used for computation. In order to validate the grid refinement approach for the stream function-vorticity formulation, the numerical simulations of lid-driven cavity flows were performed and good results were obtained.

The analysis of electron transport coefficients in CF$_4$ molecular gas by multi-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation (다항근사 볼츠만 방정식에 의한 CF$_4$분자가스의 전자수송계수 해석)

  • 전병훈;박재준;하성철
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2001.11a
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    • pp.141-144
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    • 2001
  • An accurate cross sections set are necessary for the quantitatively understanding and modeling of plasma phenomena. By using the electron swarm method, we determine an accurate electron cross sections set for objective atoms or molecule at low electron energy range. In previous paper, we calculated the electron transport coefficients in pure CF$_4$ molecular gas by using two-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation. And by using this simulation method, we confirmed erroneous calculated results of transport coefficients for CF$_4$ molecule treated in this paper having 'C2v symmetry'as C$_3$H$_{8}$ and C$_3$F$_{8}$ which have large vibrational excitation cross sections which may exceed elastic momentum transfer cross section. Therefore, in this paper, we calculated the electron transport coefficients(W and ND$_{L}$) in pure CF$_4$ gas by using multi-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation by Robson and Ness which was developed at James-Cook university, and discussed an application and/or validity of the calculation method by comparing the calculated results by two-term and multi-term approximation code.e.

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Application of the lattice Boltzmann method to multiphase flow and combustion analysis (다상 유동 및 연소 해석에서 Lattice Boltzmann 방법의 응용 가능성에 대한 고찰)

  • Huh, Kang-Yul
    • 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.06a
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    • pp.3-8
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    • 2001
  • LBM은 분자 운동을 직접 모사하지 않고 통계 역학적 원리에 기초하여 주어진 격자 구조 아래서 입자들의 단순 이동, 충돌 과정의 반복에 의해 유동을 모사하는 방법이다. 이미 다양한 열유동 현상들에 대한 응용 결과가 발표되었으며 병렬화, 단순한 프로그래밍 등의 장점으로 인해 앞으로 연소, 다상 유동, micro/nano 스케일 유동 등의 해석에 많은 가능성을 지니고 있다. 아직 국내에서는 이에 대한 소개가 제대로 이루어지지 못해 관련 분야의 연구자들이 충분한 관심을 갖고 있지 않은 것으로 생각되어 본 논문에서 LBM 방법에 대한 개략적인 소개를 시도하였다.

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Direct Solving the Boltzmann Equation for Supersonic Jet Problems with Instabilities

  • Aristov V.V.;Zabelok S.A.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.268-269
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    • 2003
  • The Boltzmann kinetic equation is solved directly by means of the conservative splitting method. Underexpanded supersonic free jet flows with small Knudsen numbers are studied. In this numerical simulation features intrinsic to appropriate experiments are observed. Streamwise vortices in a mixing layer and chaotic downstream temporal-spatial fluctuations of microscopic quantities with large amplitude are obtained.

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Computational rock physics: Lattice-Boltzmann fluid flow simulation in porous media and its applications

  • Keehm, Young-Seuk;Mukerji, Tapan;Nur, Amos
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.661-668
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    • 2003
  • This paper presents Lattice-Boltzmann simulation techniques for single-phase and two-phase fluid flow in porous media. Numerical experiments were performed in a digital rock sample from X-ray microtomography. Computed results showed very good agreement with laboratory measurements of permeability and relative permeability. Two applications using these simulation techniques show the potential of the Lattice-Boltzmann flow simulation to solve many difficult problems coupled with fluid flow in porous media.

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Transient Simulation of Graphene Sheets using a Deterministic Boltzmann Equation Solver

  • Hong, Sung-Min
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.288-293
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    • 2017
  • Transient simulation capability with an implicit time derivation method is a missing feature in deterministic Boltzmann equation solvers. The H-transformation, which is critical for the stable simulation of nanoscale devices, introduces difficulties for the transient simulation. In this work, the transient simulation of graphene sheets is reported. It is shown that simulation of homogeneous systems can be done without abandoning the H-transformation, as much as a specially designed discretization method is employed. The AC mobility and step response of the graphene sheet on the $SiO_2$ substrate are simulated.