This book is an introduction to the theory practice and implementation of the Lattice
Boltzmann (LB) method a powerful computational fluid dynamics method that is steadily gaining
attention due to its simplicity scalability extensibility and simple handling of complex
geometries. The book contains chapters on the method's background fundamental theory advanced
extensions and implementation. To aid beginners the most essential paragraphs in each chapter
are highlighted and the introductory chapters on various LB topics are front-loaded with
special in a nutshell sections that condense the chapter's most important practical results.
Together these sections can be used to quickly get up and running with the method. Exercises
are integrated throughout the text and frequently asked questions about the method are dealt
with in a special section at the beginning. In the book itself and through its web page
readers can find example codes showing how the LB method can be implemented efficiently on a
variety of hardware platforms including multi-core processors clusters and graphics
processing units. Students and scientists learning and using the LB method will appreciate the
wealth of clearly presented and structured information in this volume.
