Research Article

A Coupled Lattice Boltzmann-Volume Penalization for Flows Past Fixed Solid Obstacles with Local Mesh Refinement

Table 4

Comparisons of the computing time per step and number of the used points.

 Case studyUniform-meshLocal-refined-meshSpeedup

TimeFlows past a single circular cylinder
Flows past a pair of circular cylinders
Flows past a NACA-0012 airfoil

Number of the used pointsFlows past a single circular cylinder
Flows past a pair of circular cylinders
Flows past a NACA-0012 airfoil