Nonlinear Sciences – Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases
Scientific paper
1999-05-05
Nonlinear Sciences
Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases
26 pages, 9 figures, elsart (Elsevier) and epsf macros used. Contribution to the volume "Future Generation Computer Systems,"
Scientific paper
We review the class of cellular automata known as lattice gases, and their applications to problems in physics and materials science. The presentation is self-contained, and assumes very little prior knowledge of the subject. Hydrodynamic lattice gases are emphasized, and non-lattice-gas cellular automata -- even those with physical applications -- are not treated at all. We begin with a review of lattice gases as the term is understood in equilibrium statistical physics. We then discuss the various methods that have been proposed to simulate hydrodynamics with a lattice gas, leading up to the 1986 discovery of a lattice gas for the isotropic Navier-Stokes equations. Finally, we discuss variants of lattice-gas models that have been used for the simulation of complex fluids.
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