Thermal lattice Boltzmann method based on a theoretically simple derivation of the Taylor expansion

Jae Wan Shim1, Renée Gatignol

  • 1Interdisciplinary Fusion Technology Division, KIST and University of Science and Technology, 136-791, Seoul, Republic of Korea. jae-wan.shim@polytechnique.org

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