diff --git a/lattice-boltzmann.com/content/2-hermite-expansion.md b/lattice-boltzmann.com/content/2-hermite-expansion.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6fb3f834e1f2481d6f66956dbf166389f2adef61 --- /dev/null +++ b/lattice-boltzmann.com/content/2-hermite-expansion.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ ++++ +title = "Polynomial expansion of the BGK equation" +description = "A possible polynomial expansion of the BGK equation" +date = 2024-03-14 +weight = 2 +slug = "hermite" +draft = true +[taxonomies] +tags = ["LBM", "Hermite", "Expansion"] +[extra] +math = true +math_auto_render = true +toc = true ++++ + +## Macroscopic quantities + +In the [preceding chapter](../dimensionless) we introduced the density distribution function $f$ and its +non-dimensional counterpart $f^\ast$. From now on, we will assume that all quantities are without dimensions +and omit the $^\ast$. Apart from making the dimensional analysis of the Navier--Stokes and the Boltzmann equation +we never discussed the actual link between the quantities present in each equation. It will be the aim of this +section. Actually macroscopic quantities are related to moments of $f$ as +$$ +\begin{align} +\rho(\bm{x}, t)&=\int_{-\infty}^\infty f(\bm{x}, \bm{\xi}, t)\mathrm{d}\bm{\xi},\\\\ +\rho(\bm{x}, t)\bm{u}(\bm{x}, t)&=\int_{-\infty}^\infty f(\bm{x}, \bm{\xi}, t)\bm{\xi}\mathrm{d}\bm{\xi}, +\end{align} +$$ +where the density, $\rho$, and the momentum $\rho\bm{u}$ are the zeroth and first order moment of $f$. + + + + + + diff --git a/lattice-boltzmann.com/static/banner.png b/lattice-boltzmann.com/static/banner.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..33295cfe33ed3759e7c6a68eb06026d5a964e3b8 Binary files /dev/null and b/lattice-boltzmann.com/static/banner.png differ