Rayleigh-Bénard simulation using the gas-kinetic Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook scheme in the incompressible limit

Kun Xu*, Shiu Hong Lui

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Abstract

In this paper, a gas-kinetic Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (BGK) model is constructed for the Rayleigh-Bénard thermal convection in the incompressible flow limit, where the flow field and temperature field are described by two coupled BGK models. Since the collision times in the corresponding BGK models can be different, the Prandtl number can be changed to any value instead of a fixed [Formula Presented] in the original BGK model [P. L. Bhatnagar, E. P. Gross, and M. Krook, Phys. Rev. 94, 511 (1954)]. The two-dimensional Rayleigh-Bénard thermal convection is studied and numerical results are compared with theoretical ones as well as other simulation results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)464-470
Number of pages7
JournalPhysical Review E
Volume60
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1999

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