キュムラントモデルに基づく格子ボルツマン法による構造物に作用する津波波圧に関する研究

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Characteristics of tsunami flow in cities are three-dimensional, highly non-linear and non-hydrostatic. A fully three-dimensional free-surface fluid model is required to simulate such a flow field. Fluid simulations in the field of coastal engineering are often large-scale since large areas are the subject of the simulations. The numerical model must be not only accurate but also efficient. In recent years, the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) has attracted much attention as a novel simulation method and has been successfully applied to various engineering fields. Moreover, the cumulant LBM has attracted attention because it has excellent numerical stability even for high Reynolds number flows. The single-phase free-surface flow model using the cumulant LBM is a suitable approach for simulating violent flow fields in coastal engineering. In this study, we propose a single-phase free-surface flow model based on the cumulant LBM using the volume-of-fluid (VOF) model. We demonstrate that the cumulant LBM is stable under violent flows and reproduces the pressure field well compared with the traditional single relaxation time model. We find that a larger bulk viscosity can reduce the numerical oscillation of the impact pressure acting on a structure, although a bulk viscosity that is too large reduces the accuracy and stability. The results of the proposed model are in good agreement with previous experimental results.