Abstract
An adaptive immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method (IB-LBM) for simulating two-dimensional moving boundary problems is presented in this work. On one hand, to accurately and efficiently simulate flow field, our recently developed solution-adaptive LBM (Wu and Shu, 2011) is employed. On the other hand, a smoothed discrete delta function (Yang et al., 2009) is utilized to suppress the non-physical force oscillations produced by IBM when dealing with the moving boundary problems. After simulating some validation cases including flows over a transversely oscillating circular cylinder and insect hovering flight in ground effect, the current method is employed to numerically investigate the ground effect on the performance of a flapping foil. In this study, the ground is represented by a flat or wavy plate. Due to the existence of the ground, the performance of the flapping foil is greatly changed. Higher lift force or power extraction efficiency can be achieved.
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