Seta, Takeshi; Takegoshi, Eishun; Okui, Kenichi - In: Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM) 72 (2006) 2, pp. 195-200
This paper confirms the reliability and the computational efficiency of the lattice Boltzmann method in simulating natural convection in porous media at the representative elementary volume scale. The influence of porous media is considered by introducing the porosity to the equilibrium...