CHINESE JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS ›› 2012, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (1): 101-107.

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Brownian Motion of Non-spherical Particles:Fluctuating-Lattice Boltzmann Investigation

NIE Deming, LIN Jianzhong   

  1. College of Metrology and Technology Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
  • Received:2011-04-11 Revised:2011-07-27 Online:2012-01-25 Published:2012-01-25

Abstract: A fluctuating-lattice Boltzmann method is used for direct numerical simulations of Brownian motion of non-spherical particles. Numerical results include mean-square velocities and velocity autocorrelation functions of elliptical and rectangular particles. It showns that equi-partition theorem applies to non-spherical particles as well and energy of each degree of freedom depends on corresponding mean-square velocity or rotational velocity. Furthermore, translational temperature of Brownian particle is identical to its rotational temperature. Finally, velocity autocorrelation function of Brownian particle decays at relative long times as~ct-1, where coefficlent c is independent of particle shape.

Key words: Brownian motion, fluctuating lattice Boltzmann method, non-spherical particl

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