Overview of the lattice Boltzmann method for nano and microscale fluid dynamics

Max-Planck-Institut f r Eisenforschung, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, 40237 D sseldorf, Germany E-mail raabe mpie.de Received 15 March 2004, in final form 2 August 2004 Published 16 September 2004 Online at stacks.iop.org MSMSE 12 R13 doi 10.1088 0965-0393 12 6 R01 The article gives an overview of the lattice Boltzmann method as a powerful technique for the simulation of single and multi-phase flows in complex geometries. owing to its excellent numerical stability and constitutive versatility it can...