TY - EJOU AU - Lou, Qin AU - Guo, Zhaoli AU - Zheng, Chuguang TI - Some Fundamental Properties of Lattice Boltzmann Equation for Two Phase Flows T2 - Computer Modeling in Engineering \& Sciences PY - 2011 VL - 76 IS - 3&4 SN - 1526-1506 AB - Due to the mesoscopic and kinetic nature, the lattice Boltzmann equation (LBE) method has become an efficient and powerful tool for modeling and simulating interfacial dynamics of multi-phase flows. In this work we discuss several fundamental properties of two-phase LBE models. Particularly, the effects of force discretization, spurious currents in the vicinity of interfaces, and checkerboard effects with the underlying lattices, are investigated. KW - Two-phase flows KW - lattice Boltzmann equation DO - 10.3970/cmes.2011.076.175