Phys. Rev. E 72, 046707 (2005) [11 pages]Equilibrium calculation of transport coefficients for a fluid-particle model
T. Ihle1, E. Tüzel2,3, and D. M. Kroll1,3 Received 19 May 2005; published 10 October 2005 A recently introduced particle-based model for fluid flow, called stochastic rotation dynamics, can be made Galilean invariant by introducing a random shift of the computational grid before collisions. In this paper, it is shown how the Green-Kubo relations derived previously can be resummed to obtain exact expressions for the collisional contributions to the transport coefficients. It is also shown that the collisional contribution to the microscopic stress tensor is not symmetric, and that this leads to an additional viscosity. The resulting identification of the transport coefficients for the hydrodynamic modes is discussed in detail, and it is shown that this does not impose restrictions on the applicability of the model. The collisional contribution to the thermal conductivity, which becomes important for small mean free path and small average particle number per cell, is also derived. ©2005 The American Physical Society
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