ABSTRACT

From a numerical point of view, the LB method is very simple [28]. For almost all calculations, the information is locally available. Communication with neighboring lattice sites is only during the propagation step, where particles move to their next sites according to their discrete velocity. These properties make the LB method very efficient in parallel computing, which is often required due

14.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 295 14.2 Lattice Boltzmann Method ...................................................................................................296 14.3 Free Energy Functionals ....................................................................................................... 298

14.3.1 Immiscible Fluids ..................................................................................................... 298 14.3.2 Immiscible Fluids and Nonionic Surfactants ........................................................... 298 14.3.3 Immiscible Fluids and Ionic Surfactants ..................................................................299