The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) has experienced tremendous advances and been well
accepted as a popular method for simulating various fluid flow problems in porous media …

Shale matrix consists of numerous interconnected nanoscale slit pores with size ranging
from 4 nm to 200 nm, naturally resulting in variable cross-section scenarios for shale gas …

Bioinspired grooved surface structure design has been widely used as an efficient passive
flow control method in drag reduction. The total drag of plate with grooved surface structure …

In the present study, a three-dimensional lattice Boltzmann model based on the quasi-
random nanostructural model is proposed to evaluate the mass transport properties and …

In this paper, the rarefied gas flow in a microchannel with backward facing step is simulated
by Lattice Boltzmann method. A model with two relaxation times in slip and transient flow …

A backward facing micro-step is a building block for many microfluidic devices. Due to
micron sized characteristic dimensions, the gas flow in such a geometry is rarefied in nature …

This paper characterizes the carrier gas flow in the atomic layer deposition (ALD) vacuum
reactor by introducing Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) to the ALD simulation through a …

Micro scale gas flows have attracted significant research interest in the last two decades. In
this research, the fluid flow of gases in a stepped micro-channel has been conducted. Wide …

Numerical simulations have been performed on the pressure-driven rarefied flow through
channels with a sudden contraction–expansion of 2: 1: 2 using isothermal two and three …

Abstract Development and production from unconventional resources require understanding
of flow mechanisms and rock/fluid interactions, which are different from those in …