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Exploring the accuracy of the Lattice Boltzmann method
Lattice Boltzmann method is a mesoscopic method used for solving hydrodynamics problems of both incompressible and compressible fluids. Although the method is widely used, reliability of the results is unclear. Therefore, we use the method to solve a fundamental problem with a known analytical solution, the Couette flow. We estimate the accuracy of the simulation results obtained by setting different types of spatial grids, boundary conditions, and equilibrium distribution functions. However, the method imposes restrictions on a large number of simulation parameters such as Reynolds and Mach numbers. During simulation we discovered an unexpected behavior of the solution using classical lattice Boltzmann method. In these simulations we find that the conservation law is violated due to an unexpected inflow in the upper corners of the computational domain.