Boundary condition considerations in lattice Boltzmann formulations of wetting binary fluids

We propose a new lattice Boltzmann numerical scheme for binary-fluid surface interactions. The new scheme combines the existing binary free energy lattice Boltzmann method [Swift et al., Phys. Rev. E 54 (1996)] and a new wetting boundary condition for diffuse interface methods in order to eliminate spurious variations in the order parameter at solid surfaces. We use a cubic form for the surface free energy density and also take into account the contribution from free energy in the volume when discretizing the wetting boundary condition. This allows us to eliminate the spurious variation in the order parameter seen in previous implementations. With the new scheme a larger range of equilibrium contact angles are possible to reproduce and capillary intrusion can be simulated at higher accuracy at lower resolution.

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