Teddy Gresse, Julie Soriano, Auline Rodler, Jean-Claude Krapez, Jean Pierro, et al.. Qualification of microclimate models and simulation tools: An academic benchmark. Building and Environment, 2025, 278, pp.112913. ⟨10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.112913⟩. ⟨hal-05073994⟩ Plus de détails...
In recent decades, numerous urban microclimate models have been developed to address various applications, such as diagnosing urban overheating and evaluating heat mitigation strategies using green or grey solutions. These models account for complex physical interactions; however, their qualification and validation remain significant challenges due to their complexity and the lack of a standardized framework and comprehensive reference datasets. This paper presents the first step of a comprehensive qualification and validation methodology through the definition of an academic benchmark and its application to four urban microclimate models. The proposed methodology follows an incremental phenomenological approach, systematically analysing heat transfer processes within an idealized street canyon with well-defined conditions across four cases: shortwave radiation, longwave radiation, aeraulics, and their coupling with heat conduction and storage in walls and ground. The benchmark aims to analyse the behaviour of different microclimate models, quantify deviations between simulation results, and identify their underlying sources within the physical models. This is achieved through the intercomparison of simulation results, incorporating reference data with a known standard deviation where available. The results show good agreement between models for solar radiation, infrared radiation, and heat conduction but reveal significant deviations in surface convection, stressing the need for further research into convection modelling and its influence on coupled processes. Additionally, the results confirm the suitability of the proposed methodology in identifying the sources of deviations between models. This benchmark provides a robust framework for model qualification and is expected to be widely adopted in future studies.
Teddy Gresse, Julie Soriano, Auline Rodler, Jean-Claude Krapez, Jean Pierro, et al.. Qualification of microclimate models and simulation tools: An academic benchmark. Building and Environment, 2025, 278, pp.112913. ⟨10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.112913⟩. ⟨hal-05073994⟩
Sajad Mozaffari, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Assessment of Wall Modeling With Adverse Pressure Gradient for High Reynolds Number Separated Flows. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 2024, 113 (4), pp.923-945. ⟨10.1007/s10494-024-00562-2⟩. ⟨hal-04921203⟩ Plus de détails...
This paper applies a recently developed approach for modeling turbulence near wall regions within a lattice Boltzmann solver, in combination with a Hybrid RANS/LES turbulence model, to study turbulent separated flows at high Reynolds numbers. To simulate unsteady detached flows on a non-body-fitted Cartesian grid, wall models are employed to estimate the effects of unresolved near-wall turbulence on the overall flow. The article presents the extension of an equilibrium power law wall model to handle adverse pressure gradients and its application in simulating external aerodynamic flows. Hybrid RANS/LES simulations are conducted for two challenging test cases: a 3D NACA-4412 airfoil near stall and a complex Ahmed body configuration. Comparison with a reference simulation involving resolved boundary layers and experimental data demonstrates the strong performance of the wall model, when considering adverse pressure gradients, in simulating turbulent boundary layers under various conditions, ranging from fully attached to mild to high adverse pressure gradients.
Sajad Mozaffari, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Assessment of Wall Modeling With Adverse Pressure Gradient for High Reynolds Number Separated Flows. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 2024, 113 (4), pp.923-945. ⟨10.1007/s10494-024-00562-2⟩. ⟨hal-04921203⟩
Sajad Mozaffari, Shang-Gui Cai, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Lattice Boltzmann k-ω SST based hybrid RANS/LES simulations of turbulent flows. Journal of Computational Physics, 2024, pp.113269. ⟨10.1016/j.jcp.2024.113269⟩. ⟨hal-04921212⟩ Plus de détails...
High Reynolds number simulations with lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) have been computationally feasible by means of turbulence models for under-resolved physical scales. Hybrid RANS/LES models are efficient alternatives to accurate but computationally expensive LES techniques. This study investigates extensively the hybrid RANS/LES models in the LBM framework for complex wall-bounded turbulent flow simulations on non-body fitting Cartesian grids. The hybridization processes for these models are applied to a widely used two-equation RANS base model, specifically the k-ω SST turbulence model. The functionality of these hybrid models is validated through the simulation of a three-dimensional fully turbulent flow over an airfoil. In addition, they are assessed by performing LBM simulations of flows surrounding a generic vehicle geometry, the Ahmed body, in order to reproduce the solution of a similar simulation by conventional CFD methods and to compare with wind tunnel experimental data. It is found that the near-wall treatments have significant impacts on the local boundary flow structures and possible remedies are also discussed.
Sajad Mozaffari, Shang-Gui Cai, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Lattice Boltzmann k-ω SST based hybrid RANS/LES simulations of turbulent flows. Journal of Computational Physics, 2024, pp.113269. ⟨10.1016/j.jcp.2024.113269⟩. ⟨hal-04921212⟩
Teddy Gresse, Lucie Merlier, Jérôme Jacob, Frédéric Kuznik. Prediction of airflow and heat transfer in a mechanically ventilated room with Large-Eddy Simulations based on Lattice Boltzmann Method. Building and Environment, 2024, ⟨10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111316⟩. ⟨hal-04920659⟩ Plus de détails...
Conditioned airflows in mechanically ventilated rooms are characterized by a combination of complex features such as interaction or impingement with walls, buoyancy near a surface or a flow at a different temperature. The associated flow regimes can be either laminar, transient, or turbulent. Modeling these flows and the associated heat transfers at walls is therefore challenging, but is of the utmost importance for predicting building thermal behavior, thermal comfort, and ventilation efficiency. This study aims to evaluate the capacity of a Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) approach using the Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) with adapted wall modeling to simulate axisymmetric and thermal jets generated by an air diffuser of complex design and developing near the ceiling of a full-scale test room. Simulation results are compared with detailed experimental data for the cases of an isothermal jet, a hot jet, and a cold jet in terms of mean velocity, temperature, and turbulence intensity profiles. The jet turbulence distribution is further analyzed by means of anisotropic invariant mapping and vortex visualization. The results show good qualitative and quantitative agreement between simulation results and experimental data. In particular, the simulated velocity and temperature profiles within the jets are consistent with measurements, and the air temperature in the room’s central occupancy region is correctly estimated. Also, the main turbulent mechanisms in the jets’ development zone are well captured. Thus, the chosen approach enables detailed, highfidelity simulations of airflow and heat transfer in ventilated rooms to be performed efficiently.
Teddy Gresse, Lucie Merlier, Jérôme Jacob, Frédéric Kuznik. Prediction of airflow and heat transfer in a mechanically ventilated room with Large-Eddy Simulations based on Lattice Boltzmann Method. Building and Environment, 2024, ⟨10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111316⟩. ⟨hal-04920659⟩
Jingtao Ma, Lincheng Xu, Jérôme Jacob, Eric Serre, Pierre Sagaut. An averaged mass correction scheme for the simulation of high subsonic turbulent internal flows using a lattice Boltzmann method. Physics of Fluids, 2024, 36 (3), ⟨10.1063/5.0192360⟩. ⟨hal-04514161⟩ Plus de détails...
This paper addresses the simulation of internal high-speed turbulent compressible flows using lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) when it is coupled with the immersed boundary method for non-body-fitted meshes. The focus is made here on the mass leakage issue. The recent LBM pressure-based algorithm [Farag et al. Phys. Fluids 32, 066106 (2020)] has shown its superiority on classical density-based algorithm to simulate high-speed compressible flows. Following our previous theoretical work on incompressible flows [Xu et al. Phys. Fluids 34, 065113 (2022)], we propose an averaged mass correction technique to mitigate mass leakage when simulating high-Mach-number compressible flows. It is adapted to deal here with a density, which is decoupled from the zero-moment definition. The simulations focus on two generic but canonical configurations of more complex industrial devices, the straight channel at different angles of inclination at Mach numbers (Ma) ranging from 0.2 to 0.8, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Glenn S-duct at Ma = 0.6. The present results show that mass leakage can be a critical issue for the accuracy of the solution and that the proposed correction technique effectively mitigates it and leads to significant improvements in the prediction of the solution.
Jingtao Ma, Lincheng Xu, Jérôme Jacob, Eric Serre, Pierre Sagaut. An averaged mass correction scheme for the simulation of high subsonic turbulent internal flows using a lattice Boltzmann method. Physics of Fluids, 2024, 36 (3), ⟨10.1063/5.0192360⟩. ⟨hal-04514161⟩
Mathis Pasquier, Stéphane Jay, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. A Lattice-Boltzmann-Based Modelling Chain for Traffic-Related Atmospheric Pollutant Dispersion at the Local Urban Scale. Building and Environment, 2023, 242, pp.110562. ⟨10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110562⟩. ⟨hal-04190005⟩ Plus de détails...
Urban traffic-related air pollution is a major source of environmental and health damage and is difficult to quantify due to its inherent physical complexity. We construct a CFD-based simulation framework coupling an efficient numerical method for turbulent fluid flows with a microscopic traffic model and an emissions model to simulate road transport pollutant dispersion at the urban microscale. We improve the open-source Lattice-Boltzmann based CFD software OpenLB to overcome its original stability deficiencies for high Reynolds number flows. A stable recursive regularization procedure with a double distribution function approach is proposed to solve an advection diffusion equation for passive scalar transport at high Reynolds number. The code is successfully validated on three reference cases of increasing complexity and the traffic model SUMO along with a physical engine emissions model are coupled with OpenLB to simulate traffic-induced pollution from a road network in a realistic complex geometry. Transient flow features are analysed and the time-averaged concentration levels in different neighbourhoods of the considered geometry are evaluated: high concentration levels are observed close to the streets but also inside specific building infrastructures due to complex wind dynamics. Analyses of altitudinal concentration variations show that flow recirculations located close to traffic lights can drive pollutant over the buildings and increase concentration levels inside inner courtyards. Time-averaged concentration maps are constructed using both spatially uniform and non-uniform line sources and it is shown that using uniform sources leads to up to 20% local concentration overestimations inside the urban canopy.
Mathis Pasquier, Stéphane Jay, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. A Lattice-Boltzmann-Based Modelling Chain for Traffic-Related Atmospheric Pollutant Dispersion at the Local Urban Scale. Building and Environment, 2023, 242, pp.110562. ⟨10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110562⟩. ⟨hal-04190005⟩
Isabelle Cheylan, Tom Fringand, Jérôme Jacob, Julien Favier. Analysis of the immersed boundary method for turbulent fluid-structure interaction with Lattice Boltzmann method. Journal of Computational Physics, 2023, 492, pp.112418. ⟨10.1016/j.jcp.2023.112418⟩. ⟨hal-04543923⟩ Plus de détails...
Shang-Gui Cai, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Immersed boundary based near-wall modeling for large eddy simulation of turbulent wall-bounded flow. Computers and Fluids, 2023, 259, pp.105893. ⟨10.1016/j.compfluid.2023.105893⟩. ⟨hal-04543910⟩ Plus de détails...
Shang-Gui Cai, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Immersed boundary based near-wall modeling for large eddy simulation of turbulent wall-bounded flow. Computers and Fluids, 2023, 259, pp.105893. ⟨10.1016/j.compfluid.2023.105893⟩. ⟨hal-04543910⟩
Heesik Yoo, Gauthier Wissocq, J. Jacob, J. Favier, Pierre Sagaut. Compressible lattice Boltzmann method with rotating overset grids. Physical Review E , 2023, 107 (4), pp.045306. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevE.107.045306⟩. ⟨hal-04921190⟩ Plus de détails...
Alexandre Di-Marco, Jerome Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Unsteady characteristics of pressure and swirl distortion in helicopter intake: A lattice Boltzmann method approach. Aerospace Science and Technology, 2023, 138, pp.108333. ⟨10.1016/j.ast.2023.108333⟩. ⟨hal-04543807⟩ Plus de détails...
The present paper focuses on the analysis of the unsteady characteristics of pressure and swirl distortion and their relationship inside a complex air intake, including a plenum chamber, using Large-Eddy Simulation based on the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). The steady-state analysis of the pressure field and swirl angle in the Aerodynamic Interface Plane (AIP) shows a complex pressure and swirl distortion pattern, as well as a high level of unsteadiness. Additionally, two vortical structures with equal intensity located on the top and bottom sides of the AIP plane were identified. The unsteady pressure distortion analysis highlighted fluctuations between two positions of the maximum circumferential pressure distortion in the AIP plane. One of these positions presents mean and peak distortion values lower than the other position. Furthermore, an alternating vortex pattern between two swirl patterns in the AIP plane is also identified. Finally, the relationship between pressure and swirl unsteadiness was investigated, and a link between the swirl distortion pattern and pressure distortion was identified. The identification of this relationship will allow geometrical changes in the air intake, leading to a reduction of the average circumferential distortion level, as well as a reduction of the maximum peak level achievable during a flight phase.
Alexandre Di-Marco, Jerome Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Unsteady characteristics of pressure and swirl distortion in helicopter intake: A lattice Boltzmann method approach. Aerospace Science and Technology, 2023, 138, pp.108333. ⟨10.1016/j.ast.2023.108333⟩. ⟨hal-04543807⟩
Shang-Gui Cai, Sajad Mozaffari, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Application of immersed boundary based turbulence wall modeling to the Ahmed body aerodynamics. Physics of Fluids, 2022, 34 (9), pp.095106. ⟨10.1063/5.0098232⟩. ⟨hal-04065468⟩ Plus de détails...
This paper applies a recently developed immersed boundary-turbulence wall modeling approach to turbulent flows over a generic car geometry, known as the Ahmed body, under massive flow separation within a lattice Boltzmann solver. Although the immersed boundary method combined with hierarchical Cartesian grid offers high flexibility in automatic grid generation around complex geometries, the near-wall solution is significantly deteriorated compared to the body-fitted simulation, especially when coupled to wall models for turbulent flows at high Reynolds number. Enhanced wall treatments have been proposed in the literature and validated for attached flow configurations. In this work, the Ahmed body with a slant surface of angle 35 is considered where the flow separates massively over the slant surface and the vertical base. The large eddy simulation is performed with a Reynolds stress constraint near-wall. The eddy viscosity is computed dynamically by taking into account the actually resolved Reynolds stresses. It approaches the mixing length eddy viscosity in attached boundary layers and returns to the subgrid eddy viscosity in detached boundary layers. An explicit equilibrium wall model has also been proposed to accelerate the calculation. Comparison with the no-slip boundary condition on the separated surfaces shows that the near-wall treatments with the equilibrium wall model operate reasonably well on both attached and detached boundary layers.
Shang-Gui Cai, Sajad Mozaffari, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Application of immersed boundary based turbulence wall modeling to the Ahmed body aerodynamics. Physics of Fluids, 2022, 34 (9), pp.095106. ⟨10.1063/5.0098232⟩. ⟨hal-04065468⟩
Felix Marlow, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. A multidisciplinary model coupling Lattice-Boltzmann-based CFD and a Social Force Model for the simulation of pollutant dispersion in evacuation situations. Building and Environment, 2021, 205, pp.108212. ⟨10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108212⟩. ⟨hal-03514660⟩ Plus de détails...
In closed rooms with limited convection human motion can considerably affect the airflow and thus the dispersion of pollutant. However, in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations on air quality and safety for human beings this effect is generally not considered, which is mainly due to a lack of a well-founded and detailed estimation of the human behavior and the high computational cost of taking into account moving objects in CFD meshes. This work addresses this issue by coupling multidisciplinary methods to allow for a more realistic simulation of pollutant dispersion by taking into account the influence of human movements. A Social Force Model predicts trajectory and speed of each person moving in a complex environment. A lattice Boltzmann-based CFD tool provides a Large Eddy Simulation of the unsteady turbulent airflow with pollutant dispersion and thermal effects. And an Actuator Line Model supplies the CFD tool with body forces that mimic the impact of moving objects on the airflow, thus, avoiding computationally expensive dynamic meshing. The capability of the coupled model is demonstrated on three realistic evacuation scenarios with various pollutant sources and a wide range of scales (dimension from 10 to 100 m, occupation from 10 to 6000 persons). The results allow to access instantaneous environmental parameters like pollutant concentration for each person during the course of the evacuation, enabling the assessment of associated health risks.
Felix Marlow, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. A multidisciplinary model coupling Lattice-Boltzmann-based CFD and a Social Force Model for the simulation of pollutant dispersion in evacuation situations. Building and Environment, 2021, 205, pp.108212. ⟨10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108212⟩. ⟨hal-03514660⟩
Felix Marlow, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. A multidisciplinary model coupling Lattice-Boltzmann-based CFD and a Social Force Model for the simulation of pollutant dispersion in evacuation situations. Building and Environment, 2021, 205, pp.108212. ⟨10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108212⟩. ⟨hal-03597658⟩ Plus de détails...
In closed rooms with limited convection human motion can considerably affect the airflow and thus the dispersion of pollutant. However, in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations on air quality and safety for human beings this effect is generally not considered, which is mainly due to a lack of a well-founded and detailed estimation of the human behavior and the high computational cost of taking into account moving objects in CFD meshes. This work addresses this issue by coupling multidisciplinary methods to allow for a more realistic simulation of pollutant dispersion by taking into account the influence of human movements. A Social Force Model predicts trajectory and speed of each person moving in a complex environment. A lattice Boltzmann-based CFD tool provides a Large Eddy Simulation of the unsteady turbulent airflow with pollutant dispersion and thermal effects. And an Actuator Line Model supplies the CFD tool with body forces that mimic the impact of moving objects on the airflow, thus, avoiding computationally expensive dynamic meshing. The capability of the coupled model is demonstrated on three realistic evacuation scenarios with various pollutant sources and a wide range of scales (dimension from 10 to 100 m, occupation from 10 to 6000 persons). The results allow to access instantaneous environmental parameters like pollutant concentration for each person during the course of the evacuation, enabling the assessment of associated health risks.
Felix Marlow, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. A multidisciplinary model coupling Lattice-Boltzmann-based CFD and a Social Force Model for the simulation of pollutant dispersion in evacuation situations. Building and Environment, 2021, 205, pp.108212. ⟨10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108212⟩. ⟨hal-03597658⟩
Elisa Buffa, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Lattice-Boltzmann-based large-eddy simulation of high-rise building aerodynamics with inlet turbulence reconstruction. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 2021, 212, pp.104560. ⟨10.1016/j.jweia.2021.104560⟩. ⟨hal-03596056⟩ Plus de détails...
Boltzmann-based Large-Eddy Simulation approach for wind load prediction on high-rise building is proposed and validated. An extension of the original incompressible Synthetic Eddy Method to reconstruct inlet turbulence is proposed within the Lattice-Boltzmann framework, including a low-noise frozen density variant. Extensive successful comparisons with experimental data are carried out, for both quantities defined on the building surface and in its wake. A detailed sensitivity analysis of the results with respect to inlet turbulence reconstruction, boundary conditions at the building surface and grid resolution is also provided. An almost unique set of comparisons with experimental data is presented, including mean and rms values, spectra, but also peak values of pressure at the building surface.
Elisa Buffa, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Lattice-Boltzmann-based large-eddy simulation of high-rise building aerodynamics with inlet turbulence reconstruction. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 2021, 212, pp.104560. ⟨10.1016/j.jweia.2021.104560⟩. ⟨hal-03596056⟩
Journal: Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
Yongliang Feng, Johann Miranda‐fuentes, Shaolong Guo, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. ProLB: A Lattice Boltzmann Solver of Large‐Eddy Simulation for Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flows. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2021, 13 (3), pp.e2020MS002107. ⟨10.1029/2020MS002107⟩. ⟨hal-03326123⟩ Plus de détails...
A large-eddy simulation tool is developed for simulating the dynamics of atmospheric boundary layers (ABLs) using lattice Boltzmann method (LBM), which is an alternative approach for computational fluid dynamics and proved to be very well suited for the simulation of low-Mach flows. The equations of motion are coupled with the global complex physical models considering the coupling among several mechanisms, namely basic hydro-thermodynamics and body forces related to stratification, Coriolis force, canopy effects, humidity transport, and condensation. Mass and momentum equations are recovered by an efficient streaming, collision, and forcing process within the framework of LBM while the governing equations of temperature, liquid, and vapor water fraction are solved using a finite volume method. The implementation of wall models for ABL, subgrid models, and interaction terms related to multiphysic phenomena (e.g., stratification, condensation) is described, implemented, and assessed in this study. An immersed boundary approach is used to handle flows in complex configurations, with application to flows in realistic urban areas. Applications to both wind engineering and atmospheric pollutant dispersion are illustrated.
Yongliang Feng, Johann Miranda‐fuentes, Shaolong Guo, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. ProLB: A Lattice Boltzmann Solver of Large‐Eddy Simulation for Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flows. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2021, 13 (3), pp.e2020MS002107. ⟨10.1029/2020MS002107⟩. ⟨hal-03326123⟩
Journal: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Y. Feng, J. Miranda-Fuentes, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Hybrid lattice Boltzmann model for atmospheric flows under anelastic approximation. Physics of Fluids, 2021, 33 (3), pp.036607. ⟨10.1063/5.0039516⟩. ⟨hal-03326143⟩ Plus de détails...
Lattice Boltzmann (LB) method for atmospheric dynamics is developed by considering the characteristics of the anelastic approximation. After introducing reference base state values in atmospheric flows, an LB model, with an external force term, has been constructed in anelastic framework. In the proposed anelastic LB model, mass and momentum conservation equations are solved by the LB method with a regularization procedure, and temperature field or scalar transport is simulated by finite volume method. The derived macroscopic governing equations from the anelastic model are analyzed and discussed in Chapman-Enskog asymptotic expansion. The anelastic LB model is assessed considering three benchmarks including a non-hydrostatic atmospheric inviscid convection, two-dimensional density currents, and inertia-gravity waves in stably stratified atmospheric layer. The validations demonstrate that the anelastic extension of the LB method can simulate atmospheric flows effectively and accurately. Besides, the proposed model offers a unified framework for both Boussinesq approximation and anelastic approximation, which is largely free of characteristic depth of atmospheric flows.
Y. Feng, J. Miranda-Fuentes, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Hybrid lattice Boltzmann model for atmospheric flows under anelastic approximation. Physics of Fluids, 2021, 33 (3), pp.036607. ⟨10.1063/5.0039516⟩. ⟨hal-03326143⟩
Y. Feng, J. Miranda-Fuentes, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Hybrid lattice Boltzmann model for atmospheric flows under anelastic approximation. Physics of Fluids, 2021, 33 (3), pp.036607. ⟨10.1063/5.0039516⟩. ⟨hal-03597258⟩ Plus de détails...
Lattice Boltzmann (LB) method for atmospheric dynamics is developed by considering the characteristics of the anelastic approximation. After introducing reference base state values in atmospheric flows, an LB model, with an external force term, has been constructed in anelastic framework. In the proposed anelastic LB model, mass and momentum conservation equations are solved by the LB method with a regularization procedure, and temperature field or scalar transport is simulated by finite volume method. The derived macroscopic governing equations from the anelastic model are analyzed and discussed in Chapman-Enskog asymptotic expansion. The anelastic LB model is assessed considering three benchmarks including a non-hydrostatic atmospheric inviscid convection, two-dimensional density currents, and inertia-gravity waves in stably stratified atmospheric layer. The validations demonstrate that the anelastic extension of the LB method can simulate atmospheric flows effectively and accurately. Besides, the proposed model offers a unified framework for both Boussinesq approximation and anelastic approximation, which is largely free of characteristic depth of atmospheric flows.
Y. Feng, J. Miranda-Fuentes, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Hybrid lattice Boltzmann model for atmospheric flows under anelastic approximation. Physics of Fluids, 2021, 33 (3), pp.036607. ⟨10.1063/5.0039516⟩. ⟨hal-03597258⟩
Jérôme Jacob, Lucie Merlier, Felix Marlow, Pierre Sagaut. Lattice Boltzmann Method-Based Simulations of Pollutant Dispersion and Urban Physics. Atmosphere, 2021, 12 (7), pp.833. ⟨10.3390/atmos12070833⟩. ⟨hal-03326148⟩ Plus de détails...
Mesocale atmospheric flows that develop in the boundary layer or microscale flows that develop in urban areas are challenging to predict, especially due to multiscale interactions, multiphysical couplings, land and urban surface thermal and geometrical properties and turbulence. However, these different flows can indirectly and directly affect the exposure of people to deteriorated air quality or thermal environment, as well as the structural and energy loads of buildings. Therefore, the ability to accurately predict the different interacting physical processes determining these flows is of primary importance. To this end, alternative approaches based on the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) wall model large eddy simulations (WMLESs) appear particularly interesting as they provide a suitable framework to develop efficient numerical methods for the prediction of complex large or smaller scale atmospheric flows. In particular, this article summarizes recent developments and studies performed using the hybrid recursive regularized collision model for the simulation of complex or/and coupled turbulent flows. Different applications to the prediction of meteorological humid flows, urban pollutant dispersion, pedestrian wind comfort and pressure distribution on urban buildings including uncertainty quantification are especially reviewed. For these different applications, the accuracy of the developed approach was assessed by comparison with experimental and/or numerical reference data, showing a state of the art performance. Ongoing developments focus now on the validation and prediction of indoor environmental conditions including thermal mixing and pollutant dispersion in different types of rooms equipped with heat, ventilation and air conditioning systems.
Jérôme Jacob, Lucie Merlier, Felix Marlow, Pierre Sagaut. Lattice Boltzmann Method-Based Simulations of Pollutant Dispersion and Urban Physics. Atmosphere, 2021, 12 (7), pp.833. ⟨10.3390/atmos12070833⟩. ⟨hal-03326148⟩
S. Guo, Yongliang Feng, Jérôme Jacob, F. Renard, Pierre Sagaut. An efficient lattice Boltzmann method for compressible aerodynamics on D3Q19 lattice. Journal of Computational Physics, 2020, 418, pp.109570. ⟨10.1016/j.jcp.2020.109570⟩. ⟨hal-02960161⟩ Plus de détails...
An efficient lattice Boltzmann (LB) model relying on a hybrid recursive regularization (HRR) collision operator on D3Q19 stencil is proposed for the simulation of three-dimensional high-speed compressible flows in both subsonic and supersonic regimes. An improved thermal equilibrium distribution function on D3Q19 lattice is derived to reduce the complexity of correcting terms. A simple shock capturing scheme and an upwind biased discretization of correction terms are implemented for supersonic flows with shocks. Mass and momentum equations are recovered by an efficient streaming, collision and forcing process on D3Q19 lattice. Then a non-conservative formulation of the entropy evolution equation is used, that is solved using a finite volume method. The proposed method is assessed considering the simulation of i) 2D isentropic vortex convection, ii) 3D non-isothermal acoustic pulse, iii) 2D supersonic flow over a bump, iv) 3D shock explosion in a box, v) 2D vortex interaction with shock wave, vi) 2D laminar flows over a flat plate at Ma of 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5.
S. Guo, Yongliang Feng, Jérôme Jacob, F. Renard, Pierre Sagaut. An efficient lattice Boltzmann method for compressible aerodynamics on D3Q19 lattice. Journal of Computational Physics, 2020, 418, pp.109570. ⟨10.1016/j.jcp.2020.109570⟩. ⟨hal-02960161⟩
Y. Feng, S. Guo, J. Jacob, P. Sagaut. Grid refinement in the three-dimensional hybrid recursive regularized lattice Boltzmann method for compressible aerodynamics. Physical Review E , 2020, 101 (6), pp.063302. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevE.101.063302⟩. ⟨hal-03228997⟩ Plus de détails...
Grid refinement techniques are of paramount importance for computational fluid dynamics approaches relying on the use of Cartesian grids. This is especially true of solvers dedicated to aerodynamics, in which the capture of thin shear layers require the use of small cells. In this paper, a three-dimensional grid refinement technique is developed within the framework of hybrid recursive regularized lattice Boltzmann method (HRR-LBM) for compressible high-speed flows, which is an efficient collide-stream-type method on a compact D3Q19 stencil. The proposed method is successfully assessed considering several test cases, namely, an isentropic vortex propagating through transition interface, shock-vortex interaction with intersection between grid refinement interface and shock corrugation, and transonic flows over three-dimensional DLR-M6 wing with seven levels of grid refinement.
Y. Feng, S. Guo, J. Jacob, P. Sagaut. Grid refinement in the three-dimensional hybrid recursive regularized lattice Boltzmann method for compressible aerodynamics. Physical Review E , 2020, 101 (6), pp.063302. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevE.101.063302⟩. ⟨hal-03228997⟩
Y. Feng, S. Guo, J. Jacob, P. Sagaut. Grid refinement in the three-dimensional hybrid recursive regularized lattice Boltzmann method for compressible aerodynamics. Physical Review E , 2020, 101 (6), pp.063302. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevE.101.063302⟩. ⟨hal-02892273⟩ Plus de détails...
Grid refinement techniques are of paramount importance for computational fluid dynamics approaches relying on the use of Cartesian grids. This is especially true of solvers dedicated to aerodynamics, in which the capture of thin shear layers require the use of small cells. In this paper, a three-dimensional grid refinement technique is developed within the framework of hybrid recursive regularized lattice Boltzmann method (HRR-LBM) for compressible high-speed flows, which is an efficient collide-stream-type method on a compact D3Q19 stencil. The proposed method is successfully assessed considering several test cases, namely, an isentropic vortex propagating through transition interface, shock-vortex interaction with intersection between grid refinement interface and shock corrugation, and transonic flows over three-dimensional DLR-M6 wing with seven levels of grid refinement.
Y. Feng, S. Guo, J. Jacob, P. Sagaut. Grid refinement in the three-dimensional hybrid recursive regularized lattice Boltzmann method for compressible aerodynamics. Physical Review E , 2020, 101 (6), pp.063302. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevE.101.063302⟩. ⟨hal-02892273⟩
S. Guo, Yongliang Feng, Jérôme Jacob, F. Renard, Pierre Sagaut. An efficient lattice Boltzmann method for compressible aerodynamics on D3Q19 lattice. Journal of Computational Physics, 2020, 418, pp.109570. ⟨10.1016/j.jcp.2020.109570⟩. ⟨hal-03232070⟩ Plus de détails...
An efficient lattice Boltzmann (LB) model relying on a hybrid recursive regularization (HRR) collision operator on D3Q19 stencil is proposed for the simulation of three-dimensional high-speed compressible flows in both subsonic and supersonic regimes. An improved thermal equilibrium distribution function on D3Q19 lattice is derived to reduce the complexity of correcting terms. A simple shock capturing scheme and an upwind biased discretization of correction terms are implemented for supersonic flows with shocks. Mass and momentum equations are recovered by an efficient streaming, collision and forcing process on D3Q19 lattice. Then a non-conservative formulation of the entropy evolution equation is used, that is solved using a finite volume method. The proposed method is assessed considering the simulation of i) 2D isentropic vortex convection, ii) 3D non-isothermal acoustic pulse, iii) 2D supersonic flow over a bump, iv) 3D shock explosion in a box, v) 2D vortex interaction with shock wave, vi) 2D laminar flows over a flat plate at Ma of 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5.
S. Guo, Yongliang Feng, Jérôme Jacob, F. Renard, Pierre Sagaut. An efficient lattice Boltzmann method for compressible aerodynamics on D3Q19 lattice. Journal of Computational Physics, 2020, 418, pp.109570. ⟨10.1016/j.jcp.2020.109570⟩. ⟨hal-03232070⟩
Sylvia Wilhelm, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. A New Explicit Algebraic Wall Model for LES of Turbulent Flows Under Adverse Pressure Gradient. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 2020, 106 (1), pp.1-35. ⟨10.1007/s10494-020-00181-7⟩. ⟨hal-03231798⟩ Plus de détails...
A new explicit algebraic wall law for the Large Eddy Simulation of flows with adverse pressure gradient is proposed. This new wall law, referred as adverse pressure gradient power law (APGPL), is developed starting from the power-law of Werner and Wengle (Turbulent Shear Flows, vol 8, Springer, New York, pp 155-168, 1993) in order to mimic an implicit non-equilibrium log-law based on Afzal's law (Afzal, IUTAM Symposium on Asymptotic Methods for Turbulent Shear Flows at High Reynolds Numbers, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Bochum, pp 95-118, 1996). No iterative method is needed for the evaluation of the wall shear stress from the APGPL contrary to the majority of models available in the literature. The APGPL model relies on the definition of three modes: the equilibrium power-law is used in regions of no or favourable pressure gradient, the APGPL is used in regions of adverse pressure gradient, and no wall model is used in separated flow regions. This model is assessed via Large Eddy Simulations of flows involving adverse pressure gradient and boundary layer separation using the Lattice Boltzmann Method on uniform nested grids. The flow around a clean and iced NACA23012 airfoil at Reynolds numberRe=1.88 x 10(6) and the flow over the LAGOON landing gear at Re=1.59x10(6) are considered. Results are found in good agreement with those obtained by the non-equilibrium log-law and experimental and numerical data available in the literature.
Sylvia Wilhelm, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. A New Explicit Algebraic Wall Model for LES of Turbulent Flows Under Adverse Pressure Gradient. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 2020, 106 (1), pp.1-35. ⟨10.1007/s10494-020-00181-7⟩. ⟨hal-03231798⟩
Yongliang Feng, S. Guo, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Solid wall and open boundary conditions in hybrid recursive regularized lattice Boltzmann method for compressible flows. Physics of Fluids, 2019, 31 (12), pp.126103. ⟨10.1063/1.5129138⟩. ⟨hal-02467965⟩ Plus de détails...
Complex geometries and open boundaries have been intensively studied in the nearly incompressible lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) framework. Therefore, only few boundary conditions for the high speed fully compressible LBM have been proposed. This paper deals with the definition of efficient boundary conditions for the compressible LBM methods, with the emphasis put on the newly proposed hybrid recursive regularized D3Q19 LBM (HRR-LBM) with applications to compressible aerodynamics. The straightforward simple extrapolation-based far-field boundary conditions, the characteristic boundary conditions, and the absorbing sponge layer approach are extended and estimated in the HRR-LBM for the choice of open boundaries. Moreover, a cut-cell type approach to handle the immersed solid is proposed to model both slip and no-slip wall boundary conditions with either isothermal or adiabatic behavior. The proposed implementations are assessed considering the simulation of (i) isentropic vortex convection with subsonic to supersonic inflow and outflow conditions, (ii) two-dimensional (2D) compressible mixing layer, (iii) steady inviscid transonic flow over a National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) 0012 airfoil, (iv) unsteady viscous transonic flow over a NACA 0012 airfoil, and (v) three-dimensional (3D) transonic flows over a German Aerospace Center (DLR) F6 full aircraft configuration.
Yongliang Feng, S. Guo, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Solid wall and open boundary conditions in hybrid recursive regularized lattice Boltzmann method for compressible flows. Physics of Fluids, 2019, 31 (12), pp.126103. ⟨10.1063/1.5129138⟩. ⟨hal-02467965⟩
Yongliang Feng, Pierre Boivin, Jérome Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Hybrid recursive regularized lattice Boltzmann simulation of humid air with application to meteorological flows. Physical Review E , 2019. ⟨hal-02265484⟩ Plus de détails...
An extended version of the hybrid recursive regularized Lattice-Boltzmann model which incorporates external force is developed to simulate humid air flows with phase change mechanisms under the Boussinesq approximation. Mass and momentum conservation equations are solved by a regu-larized lattice Boltzmann approach well suited for high Reynolds number flows, whereas the energy and humidity related equations are solved by a finite volume approach. Two options are investigated to account for cloud formation in atmospheric flow simulations. The first option considers a single conservation equation for total water and an appropriate invariant variable of temperature. In the other approach, liquid and vapor are considered via two separated equations, and phase transition is accounted for via a relaxation procedure. The obtained models are then systematically validated on four well-established benchmark problems including a double diffusive Rayleigh Bénard convection of humid air, 2D and 3D thermal moist rising bubble under convective atmospheric environment as well as a shallow cumulus convection in framework of large-eddy simulation.
Yongliang Feng, Pierre Boivin, Jérome Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Hybrid recursive regularized lattice Boltzmann simulation of humid air with application to meteorological flows. Physical Review E , 2019. ⟨hal-02265484⟩
Yongliang Feng, Pierre Boivin, Jérome Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Hybrid recursive regularized thermal lattice Boltzmann model for high subsonic compressible flows. Journal of Computational Physics, 2019, 394, pp.82-99. ⟨hal-02142837⟩ Plus de détails...
A thermal lattice Boltzmann model with a hybrid recursive regularization (HRR) collision operator is developed on standard lattices for simulation of subsonic and sonic compressible flows without shock. The approach is hybrid: mass and momentum conservation equations are solved using a lattice Boltzmann solver, while the energy conservation is solved under entropy form with a finite volume solver. The defect of Galilean invariance related to Mach number is corrected by the third order equilibrium distribution function , supplemented by an additional correcting term and hybrid recursive regularization. The proposed approach is assessed considering the simulation of i) an isentropic vortex convection, ii) a two dimensional acoustic pulse and iii) non-isothermal Gaussian pulse with Ma number in range of 0 to 1. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the flaw in Galilean invari-ance is effectively eliminated by the compressible HRR model. At last, the compressible laminar flows over flat plate at Ma number of 0.3 and 0.87, Reynolds number of 10 5 are considered to validate the capture of viscous and diffusive effects.
Yongliang Feng, Pierre Boivin, Jérome Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Hybrid recursive regularized thermal lattice Boltzmann model for high subsonic compressible flows. Journal of Computational Physics, 2019, 394, pp.82-99. ⟨hal-02142837⟩
Lucie Merlier, Jérome Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Lattice-Boltzmann large-eddy simulation of pollutant dispersion in complex urban environment with dense gas effect: Model evaluation and flow analysis. Building and Environment, 2019, 148, pp.634-652. ⟨10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.11.009⟩. ⟨hal-02176936⟩ Plus de détails...
The goal of this study is to assess the performance of an innovative Lattice Boltzmann (LB) - Large Eddy Simulation (LES) approach in simulating neutral and stratified pollutant dispersion in complex urban environments. Different simulations are performed for the central area of Paris, accounting for continuous neutral or non-neutral gas releases from a circular source located in both channeled or confined flows. Predicted concentrations are compared with detailed wind tunnel measurements from the MODITIC project (FFI, 2016). Results exhibit a good qualitative and quantitative agreement between numerical and experimental data for the different configurations studied. All the estimated quality metrics match acceptance criteria. In addition, it is shown that the new LBM LES approach is able to capture and highlight the key turbulent mechanisms underlying dispersion process in and above urban areas. Hence, being based on extensive and detailed simulations and quality assurance studies, this paper highlights that the developed approach is well suited to address urban dispersion issues, including accidental chemical releases and short term exposure problems. Such results are particularly valuable to support the design and use of fast response dispersion models.
Lucie Merlier, Jérome Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Lattice-Boltzmann large-eddy simulation of pollutant dispersion in complex urban environment with dense gas effect: Model evaluation and flow analysis. Building and Environment, 2019, 148, pp.634-652. ⟨10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.11.009⟩. ⟨hal-02176936⟩
Lucie Merlier, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Lattice-Boltzmann Large-Eddy Simulation of pollutant dispersion in street canyons including tree planting effects. Atmospheric Environment, 2018, 195, pp.89-103. ⟨10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.09.040⟩. ⟨hal-02114676⟩ Plus de détails...
This study assesses the performance of a large eddy simulation (LES) based on the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) in predicting near field dispersion in street canyons with tree planting. Based on a benchmark test case benefiting from wind tunnel measurements (CODASC), this study qualitatively and quantitatively discusses the prediction of traffic-induced pollutant concentration with respect to several reference studies. It also analyses the physics of the flow and concentration fields. Although the problem might seem rather simple, the flow is highlighted to be strongly three dimensional and transient. These properties enhance pollutant dispersion in the empty street canyon but air flow velocity and turbulence intensity tend to decrease in tree crowns. This effect of trees increases both mean and peak concentration levels at pedestrian level, which may be problematic in cities with dense traffic. These results show that LBM-LES is particularly well suited to study dispersion problems towards the development of more breathable cities.
Lucie Merlier, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Lattice-Boltzmann Large-Eddy Simulation of pollutant dispersion in street canyons including tree planting effects. Atmospheric Environment, 2018, 195, pp.89-103. ⟨10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.09.040⟩. ⟨hal-02114676⟩
Jérôme Jacob, Orestis Malaspinas, Pierre Sagaut. A new hybrid recursive regularised Bhatnagar–Gross–Krook collision model for Lattice Boltzmann method-based large eddy simulation. Journal of Turbulence, 2018, pp.1 - 26. ⟨10.1080/14685248.2018.1540879⟩. ⟨hal-02114308⟩ Plus de détails...
A new Lattice Boltzmann collision model for large eddy simulation (LES) of weakly compressible flows is proposed. This model, referred to as the Hybrid Recursive Regularised Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (HRR-BGK) model, is based on a modification of previously existing regularised collision models defined with the BGK Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) framework. By hybridising the computation of the velocity gradient with an adequate Finite Difference scheme when reconstructing the non-equilibrium parts of the distribution function , a hyperviscosity term is introduced in the momentum equation, whose amplitude can be explicitly tuned via a weighting parameter. A dynamic version of the HRR-BGK is also proposed, in which the control parameter is tuned at each grid point and each time step in order to recover an arbitrarily fixed total dissipation. This new collision model is assessed for both explicit and implicit LES considering the flow around a circular cylinder at Re = 3900. The dynamic HRR-BGK is observed to yield very accurate results when equipped with Vreman's subgrid model to compute the target dissipation.
Jérôme Jacob, Orestis Malaspinas, Pierre Sagaut. A new hybrid recursive regularised Bhatnagar–Gross–Krook collision model for Lattice Boltzmann method-based large eddy simulation. Journal of Turbulence, 2018, pp.1 - 26. ⟨10.1080/14685248.2018.1540879⟩. ⟨hal-02114308⟩
Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Wind comfort assessment by means of large eddy simulation with lattice Boltzmann method in full scale city area. Building and Environment, 2018, 139, pp.110 - 124. ⟨10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.05.015⟩. ⟨hal-02114339⟩ Plus de détails...
Large-eddy simulations based on the Lattice-Boltzmann method of the flow in a realistic, full scale urban area are performed to compare several wind comfort criteria. It is observed that popular criteria for pedestrian comfort lead to very different conclusions, due to the access to high spatio-temporal resolution data. Different mixed strategies based on the combination of several criteria are proposed and compared to enhance pedestrian wind comfort assessment in practical cases.
Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. Wind comfort assessment by means of large eddy simulation with lattice Boltzmann method in full scale city area. Building and Environment, 2018, 139, pp.110 - 124. ⟨10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.05.015⟩. ⟨hal-02114339⟩
Sylvia Wilhelm, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. An explicit power-law-based wall model for lattice Boltzmann method–Reynolds-averaged numerical simulations of the flow around airfoils. Physics of Fluids, 2018, 30 (6), pp.065111. ⟨10.1063/1.5031764⟩. ⟨hal-02116210⟩ Plus de détails...
In this paper, an explicit wall model based on a power-law velocity profile is proposed for the simulation of the incompressible flow around airfoils at high Reynolds numbers. This wall model is particularly suited for the wall treatment involved in Cartesian grids. Moreover, it does not require an iterative procedure for the friction velocity determination. The validation of this power-law wall model is assessed for Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes simulations of the flow around a two-dimensional airfoil using the lattice Boltzmann approach along with the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model. Good results are obtained for the prediction of the aerodynamic coefficients and the pressure profiles at two Reynolds numbers and several angles of attack. The explicit power-law is thus well suited for a simplified near-wall treatment at high Reynolds numbers using Cartesian grids.
Sylvia Wilhelm, Jérôme Jacob, Pierre Sagaut. An explicit power-law-based wall model for lattice Boltzmann method–Reynolds-averaged numerical simulations of the flow around airfoils. Physics of Fluids, 2018, 30 (6), pp.065111. ⟨10.1063/1.5031764⟩. ⟨hal-02116210⟩
