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The Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) is a numerical method developed in recent decades. It has the characteristics of high parallel efficiency and simple boundary processing. The basic idea is to construct a simplified dynamic model so that the macroscopic behavior of the model is the same as the macroscopic equation. From the perspective of micro-dynamics, LBM treats macro-physical quantities as micro-quantities to obtain results by statistical averaging. The Finite-difference LBM (FDLBM) is a new numerical method developed based on LBM. The first finite-difference LBE (FDLBE) was perhaps due to Tamura and Akinori and was examined by Cao et al. in more detail. Finite-difference LBM was further extended to curvilinear coordinates with nonuniform grids by Mei and Shyy. By improving the FDLBE proposed by Mei and Shyy, a new finite difference LBM is obtained in the paper. In the model, the collision term is treated implicitly, just as done in the Mei-Shyy model. However, by introducing another distribution function based on the earlier distribution function， the implicitness of the discrete scheme is eliminated, and a simple explicit scheme is finally obtained, such as the standard LBE. Furthermore, this trick for the FDLBE can also be easily used to develop more efficient FVLBE and FELBE schemes. To verify the correctness and feasibility of this improved FDLBM model, which is used to calculate the square cavity model, and the calculated results are compared with the data of the classic square cavity model. The comparison result includes two items: the velocity on the centerline of the square cavity and the position of the vortex center in the square cavity. The simulation results of FDLBM are very consistent with the data in the literature. When Re=400, the velocity profiles of u and v on the centerline of the square cavity are consistent with the data results in Ghia's paper, and the vortex center position in the square cavity is also almost the same as the data results in Ghia's paper. Therefore, the verification of FDLBM is successful and FDLBM is feasible. This improved method can also serve as a reference for subsequent research.

Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM); Finite-difference LBM (FDLBM); Square cavity

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