Progress in the Understanding of the Fluctuating Lattice Boltzmann Equation
arXiv:0809.1184 · doi:10.1016/j.cpc.2009.01.014
Abstract
We give a brief account of the development of methods to include thermal fluctuations into lattice Boltzmann algorithms. Emphasis is put on our recent work (Phys. Rev. E 76, 036704 (2007)) which provides a clear understanding in terms of statistical mechanics.
Conference paper for CCP 2008, submitted to Computer Physics Communications