Download lattice Boltzmann implementation

Here You can download our implementation of the lattice Boltzmann simulator. Details about the algorithm can be found in the following references:

Swift M. R., Orlandini E., Osborn W. R., Yeomans J. M., "Lattice Boltzmann simulations of liquid-gas and binary fluid systems" Phys. Rev. E 54(5), pp.5041-5052 (1996)
Kalarakis A. N., Burganos V. N., Payatakes A. C., "Three-dimensional lattice-Boltzmann model of van der Waals fluids" Phys. Rev. E 67(1), art. no. 016702 (2003)

The following article can be also very helpful:

R.R. Nourgaliev, T.N. Dinh, T.G.Theofanous and D. Joseph, "The Lattice Boltzmann Equation Method: Theoretical Interpretation, Numerics and Implications", Intern. J. Multiphase Flows, 29, pp.117-169 (2003)

Download the source here: r142lb-0.4.22.tar.gz

Build instructions

Requirements:

HDF5 >= 1.4.0
Lua >= 5.0
MPICH (optional)

For a uniprocessor (does not require MPICH) proceed as follows:

shell$ gunzip < r142lb-0.4.22.tar.gz | tar xvf -
shell$ cd r142lb-0.4.22
shell$ ./configure
shell$ make

You may want to pass some options to the configure script; try configure --help for a complete list of options.

To run a simulation on a distributed-memory parallel computer, you must have MPICH installed. Also, the HDF5 library must be compiled with the MPI support (--enable-parallel option to the HDF5 configure script). Further, proceed as follows:

shell$ gunzip < r142lb-0.4.22.tar.gz | tar xvf -
shell$ cd r142lb-0.4.22
shell$ CC=mpicc ./configure --enable-mpi
shell$ make