Final Program "An introduction to Lattice Boltzmann Methods for complex flow simulations"

March, 3-8 2008. The one-week course will be held at: The Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Piazzale Aldo Moro 7, Rome, Italy.

The lattice Boltzmann method is a highly innovative approach to fluid dynamics, which is based on the solution of a minimal Boltzmann kinetic equation, rather than on the discretization of the Navier- Stokes equations of continuum mechanics.

This minimal Boltzmann equation, known as Lattice Boltzmann equation (LBe), was developed in the late 80's and early 90's, in response to the major drawbacks of its ancestor, the Lattice Gas Cellular Automata method.

Ever since, LBE research has known a burgeoning growth, which has led to an extremely elegant and computationally efficient approach to the most complex problems in fluid dynamics.

These range from low-Reynolds single and multiphase flows in highly heterogeneous (porous) media, all the way to fully turbulent flows in complex geometries of direct industrial relevance, such as real-life cars and airplanes.

In hindsight, the most fundamental asset of LBe rests with its mesoscopic nature, lying in between the atomistic and continuum descriptions of fluid flows.

This allows LBe to combine the best of the two worlds: the geometrical flexibility of atomistic methods with the large-scale resolution of continuum methods.

Final Program

Day 1 – March, 3

Location: CNR P.le Aldo Moro
Aula Marconi
08.00 – 09.00 Registration
09.00 - 09.15 Addressing Speech – Di Giusto, N.
09.15 – 10.00 Opening Lecture – Orszag, S.
10.00 – 11.00 Background – Orszag, S.
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break

Aula Seminari
11.30 – 13.30 Basic LB equations – Succi, S.
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 16.00 Boundary conditions – Boghosian, B.
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00 Elementary examples – Succi, S.

Day 2 – March, 4

Location: CNR P.le Aldo Moro - Aula Seminari
09.00 – 11.00 Advanced collisions and entropic LB – Karlin, I.
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.30 Turbulence modelling in LB – Orszag, S.
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 16.00 An introduction to lattice Boltzmann for multiphase flows –Yeomans, J.
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00 Practical examples – Boghosian, B.

Day 3 – March, 5

Location: CNR P.le Aldo Moro - Aula Seminari
09.00 – 10.00 Basics of grid refinement – Chopard, B.
10.00 – 11.00 Advanced grid refinement –Krafczyk, M.
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.30 Implementation issues and data structures – Krafczyk, M.
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 16.00 Irregular grids– Ubertini S.
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00 Multi-species lattice Boltzmann models and practical examples – Asinari, P.

Day 4 – March, 6

Location: CNR P.le Aldo Moro - Aula Seminari
09.00 – 11.00 Higher order methods beyond Navier-Stokes – Shan, X.
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30 Advanced methods for multi-phase and multi-component flows in LB – Shan, X.
12.30 – 13.30 LB hierarchy for microflows – Karlin, I.
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 16.00 LB model for micro and nano fluid – Benzi, R./Biferale, L.
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00 Applications and Practical examples – Benzi, R./ Biferale, L.

Day 5 – March, 7

Location: CNR P.le Aldo Moro - Aula Seminari
09.00 – 11.00 LBCFD in automotive engineering – Bella, G.
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.30 LBM for industrial applications – Famibelle, S.
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 16.00 LBM software (PowerFLOW) for hands on applications– Famibelle, S.
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00 LBM software (PowerFLOW) for hands on applications – Famibelle, S.

Day 6 – March, 8

08.00 Meeting in front of the CNR building in P.le Aldo Moro (to take a private bus)
Location: Villa Mondragone
09.00 – 11.00 Performance issues for the Lattice Boltzmann Method – Amati, G.
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.15 LB and high performance computing – Chopard, B.
13.15 – 13.30 Conclusive remarks and diploma
13.30 – 15.00 Closing Banquet

Further Information:

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