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	Metodo di Boltzmann su reticolo	Simulazione Numerica Diretta
Campo	Fluidodinamica	Fluidodinamica
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	1988	1971
Ideatore	Gianluigi Zanetti	Steven Orszag
Tipo	Kinetic theory-based simulation method	Full-scale turbulence resolution method
Fonte seminale	McNamara, G. R., & Zanetti, G. (1988). Use of the Boltzmann equation to simulate lattice-gas automata. Physical Review Letters, 61(20), 2332-2335.	Orszag, S. A. (1971). Numerical simulation of incompressible flows within simple boundaries: accuracy. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 49(1), 75-112.
Alias	LBM, lattice gas automata	DNS, resolved turbulence simulation
Correlati	5	5
Sintesi	The Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) is a kinetic theory-based computational approach to fluid dynamics that discretizes the Boltzmann equation on a lattice grid. Developed by McNamara and Zanetti in 1988, LBM computes fluid behavior by tracking the distribution of particle velocities at discrete lattice nodes rather than solving the Navier-Stokes equations directly. This method naturally incorporates complex physics (turbulence, multiphase flows, porous media) and is highly parallelizable, making it increasingly popular for modern computational platforms.	Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) is a computational approach that solves the Navier-Stokes equations without turbulence models, resolving all scales of motion from the largest energy-containing eddies down to the smallest dissipative scales (Kolmogorov microscales). Pioneered by Steven Orszag in 1971, DNS provides complete information about turbulent flow fields and serves as a reference solution for validating turbulence models. However, extreme computational demands limit DNS to relatively simple geometries and low to moderate Reynolds numbers.