Ndiaye, E. H. A. A., Trépanier, J.-Y., Sousa, R. H., & Leclaire, S. (2025). Conservative Immersed Boundary Methods on Cartesian grids for inviscid compressible flows simulation. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 114, 109775 (15 pages).
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Sebastien Leclaire (65)
- 2025 (2)
Journal article Journal article Tucny, J.‐M., Leclaire, S., Vidal, D., & Bertrand, F. (2025). On the Invalidity of the Extended Navier-Stokes Equations to Compute Rarefied Gas Flows in a Cylinder Array. International journal of computational fluid dynamics, 1-18.
- 2024 (3)
Journal article Elsherbiny, A. M. M., & Leclaire, S. (2024). Integration of Lattice Boltzmann-overset method with non-conforming quadtree mesh based on the combination of spatial and Lagrangian-link interpolated streaming technique. Computers & Fluids, 106522 (16 pages).Journal article Ho, M., Tucny, J.-M., Ammar, S., Leclaire, S., Reggio, M., & Trépanier, J.-Y. (2024). Lattice boltzmann model for rarefied gaseous mixture flows in three-dimensional porous media including knudsen diffusion. Fluids, 9(10), 237 (26 pages).Conference paper Périé-Curnier, D., Bedoux, A., Dubois, P., & Leclaire, S. (2024, May). MRI-based analysis of the blood flow in the left ventricle: 2D geometry-prescribed Cine-MRI based model versus 4D-Flow CMR [Paper]. ISMRM & ISMRT annual Meeting & Exhibition, Singapore. Published in Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition.
- 2023 (2)
Journal article Tucny, J.-M., Leclaire, S., Vidal, D., & Bertrand, F. (2023). Computation of effective viscosities for rarefied gas flows using ray-tracing. International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics, 9(5), 110 (21 pages).Journal article Namvar, M., & Leclaire, S. (2023). LaBCof: Lattice Boltzmann boundary condition framework. Computer Physics Communications, 285, 108647 (20 pages).
- 2022 (6)
Journal article Ho, M., Ammar, S., Leclaire, S., Reggio, M., & Trépanier, J.-Y. (2022). Comparative study of multicomponent Lattice Boltzmann models for binary mixture flows. International Journal of Modern Physics C, 33(03), 2250034 (24 pages).Journal article Tucny, J.-M., Spreutels, L., Drolet, F., Leclaire, S., Bertrand, F., & Vidal, D. (2022). Impact of fiber diameter polydispersity on the permeability of fibrous media. Chemical Engineering Science, 262, 117984 (12 pages).Conference paper Tucny, J.-M., Vidal, D., Leclaire, S., & Bertrand, F. (2022, July). Investigation on the validity of a rarefied gas flow model based on the LBM as an extended Navier-Stokes equation solver for porous media [Presentation]. In 32nd International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics (RGD 2022), Seoul, Korea, South.Journal article Tucny, J.-M., Vidal, D., Leclaire, S., & Bertrand, F. (2022). Kinetic Slip Boundary Condition for Isothermal Rarefied Gas Flows through Static Non-Planar Geometries Based on the Regularized Lattice-Boltzmann Method. Communications in Computational Physics, 31(3), 816-868.Journal article Ho, M., Ammar, S., Leclaire, S., Reggio, M., & Trépanier, J.-Y. (2022). Lattice Boltzmann Modeling of Miscible Multicomponent Gas Mixtures in the Rarefied Regime. Communications in Computational Physics, 32(4), 1179-1216.Journal article Namvar, M., & Leclaire, S. (2022). Simple lattice Boltzmann method algorithm with low memory usage. Journal of Computational Science, 62, 18 pages.
- 2021 (8)
Conference paper Caron, F., & Leclaire, S. (2021, December). A modelling cycle for the training in simulation-based engineering science [Abstract]. Workshop on Controlling Error and Efficiency of Numerical Models: Methods, benchmarks, and case studies, Toronto, Ont..Journal article Pellerin, N., Leclaire, S., & Reggio, M. (2021). An interpolation-based lattice Boltzmann method for non-conforming orthogonal meshes. Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 100, 152-166.Conference paper Tucny, J.-M., Vidal, D., Leclaire, S., & Bertrand, F. (2021, December). Convergence order of the Lattice Boltzmann method in rarefied regimes [Abstract]. Workshop on Controlling Error and Efficiency of Numerical Models: Methods, benchmarks, and case studies, Toronto, Ont..Conference paper Ho, M., Seif, M., McDaniel, S., Leclaire, S., Reggio, M., Trépanier, J.-Y., Beck, M., & Martin, A. (2021, January). Fluid behavior in stochastic porous structures [Paper]. 2021 AIAA Scitech Forum.Journal article Garcia Perez, J., Leclaire, S., Ammar, S., Trépanier, J.-Y., Reggio, M., & Benmeddour, A. (2021). Investigations of water droplet impact and freezing on a cold substrate with the Lattice Boltzmann method. International Journal of Thermofluids, 12, 10 pages.Journal article Latt, J., Malaspinas, O., Kontaxakis, D., Parmigiani, A., Lagrava, D., Brogi, F., Belgacem, M. B., Thorimbert, Y., Leclaire, S., Li, S., Marson, F., Lemus, J., Kotsalos, C., Conradin, R., Coreixas, C., Petkantchin, R., Raynaud, F., Beny, J., & Chopard, B. (2021). Palabos: Parallel Lattice Boltzmann Solver. Computers & Mathematics With Applications, 81, 334-350.Journal article Ho, M., Leclaire, S., Trépanier, J.-Y., Reggio, M., & Martin, A. (2021). Permeability calculation of a fibrous thermal insulator using the lattice boltzmann method. Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 35(1), 206-209.Journal article Ho, M., Leclaire, S., Reggio, M., & Trépanier, J.-Y. (2021). Stochastic Effects of 2D Random Arrays of Cylinders on Rarefied Gas Permeability Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method. Transport in Porous Media, 136(2), 607-637.
- 2020 (3)
Journal article Tucny, J.-M., Vidal, D., Leclaire, S., & Bertrand, F. (2020). Comparison of existing and extended boundary conditions for the simulation of rarefied gas flows using the Lattice Boltzmann method. International Journal of Modern Physics C, 31(5), 2050070.Report Garcia Perez, J., Trépanier, J.-Y., Leclaire, S., Reggio, M., & Benmeddour, A. (2020). Lattice Boltzmann approach for the modeling and simulation of water droplets impact and freezing. (Technical Report).Journal article Leclaire, S., Vidal, D., Fradette, L., & Bertrand, F. (2020). Validation of the pressure drop-flow rate relationship predicted by lattice Boltzmann simulations for immiscible liquid-liquid flows through SMX static mixers. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 153, 350-368.
- 2019 (7)
Conference paper Tucny, J.-M., Vidal, D., Leclaire, S., & Bertrand, F. (2019, February). A new Lattice-Boltzmann method for the simulation of rarefied gas flows in complex porous media [Poster]. Simulation-Based Engineering Science Day, Montréal, Québec.Journal article Parmigiani, A., Di Palma, P. R., Leclaire, S., Habib, F., & Kong, X.-Z. (2019). Characterization of transport-enhanced phase separation in porous media using a Lattice-Boltzmann method. Geofluids, 2019, 1-13.Journal article Douillet-Grellier, T., Leclaire, S., Vidal, D., Bertrand, F., & De Vuyst, F. (2019). Comparison of multiphase SPH and LBM approaches for the simulation of intermittent flows. Computational Particle Mechanics, 6(4), 695-720.Conference paper Ho, M., Pérez, J., Leclaire, S., Reggio, M., & Trépanier, J.-Y. (2019, June). Investigation of advection-diffusion problems and simulations using the lattice Boltzmann method and the ArrayFire library for high-performance computing on GPU [Abstract]. Joint Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering and CFD Society of Canada International Congress, London, Ontario.Conference paper Pérez, J., Trépanier, J.-Y., Reggio, M., & Leclaire, S. (2019, February). Lattice Boltzmann Approach for the Modelling and Simulation of a Water Droplet Impact and Freezing [Poster]. Simulation-Based Engineering Science Day, Montréal, Québec.Conference paper Ho, M., Leclaire, S., Reggio, M., & Trépanier, J.-Y. (2019, February). Mesoscopic simulations of thermal protection systems using the lattice Boltzmann method [Poster]. Simulation-Based Engineering Science Day, Montréal, Québec.Journal article Bakhta, A., Leclaire, S., Vidal, D., Bertrand, F., & Cheriet, M. (2019). Multiscale simulation of ink seepage into paper: A mesoscopic variational model. Computer Physics Communications, 239, 1-13.
- 2018 (3)
Conference paper Kong, X.-Z., Parmigiani, A., Di Palma, P., Leclaire, S., & Saar, M. O. (2018, November). Dynamics of phase exsolution in porous media [Abstract]. 16th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Bern, Switzerland.Conference paper Leclaire, S., Vidal, D., Fradette, L., & Bertrand, F. (2018, June). Lattice Boltzmann modeling of immiscible liquid-liquid flows in static mixers [Paper]. North American Mixing Forum (Mixing XXVI), San Juan, Puerto Rico.Journal article Leclaire, S., Latt, J., Vidal, D., & Bertrand, F. (2018). Multiphase periodic pressure difference boundary condition enhanced by a proportional-integral-derivative controller for the lattice Boltzmann method. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 88(9), 434-446.
- 2017 (4)
Journal article Leclaire, S., Parmigiani, A., Malaspinas, O., Chopard, B., & Latt, J. (2017). Generalized three-dimensional lattice Boltzmann color-gradient method for immiscible two-phase pore-scale imbibition and drainage in porous media. Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 95(3), 31 pages.Journal article Pellerin, N., Leclaire, S., & Reggio, M. (2017). Solving incompressible fluid flows on unstructured meshes with the lattice Boltzmann flux solver. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 11(1), 310-327.Journal article Parmigiani, A., Degruyter, W., Leclaire, S., Huber, C., & Bachmann, O. (2017). The mechanics of shallow magma reservoir outgassing. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18(8), 2887-2905.Journal article Leclaire, S., Parmigiani, A., Chopard, B., & Latt, J. (2017). Three-dimensional lattice Boltzmann method benchmarks between color-gradient and pseudo-potential immiscible multi-component models. International Journal of Modern Physics C, 28(7), 30 pages.
- 2016 (6)
Conference paper Leclaire, S., Abahri, K., Belarbi, R., Latt, J., Chopard, B., & Bennacer, R. (2016, May). A geometrical approach for simulating multiphase flow static contact angles with a lattice Boltzmann method [Paper]. International Conference on Materials & Energy, La Rochelle, France.Journal article Leclaire, S., Pellerin, N., Reggio, M., & Trépanier, J.-Y. (2016). A multiphase lattice Boltzmann method for simulating immiscible liquid-liquid interface dynamics. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 40(13-14), 6376-6394.Conference paper Leclaire, S., Parmigiani, A., Malaspinas, O., Chopard, B., & Latt, J. (2016, January). Lattice Boltzmann method for simulating immiscible two-phase flows in porous media [Paper]. MATHIAS-Total, Marne-la-Vallée, France.Journal article Leclaire, S., Abahri, K., Belarbi, R., & Bennacer, R. (2016). Modeling of static contact angles with curved boundaries using a multiphase lattice Boltzmann method with variable density and viscosity ratios. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 82(8), 451-470.Conference paper Huber, C., Parmigiani, A., Degruyter, W., Bachmann, O., & Leclaire, S. (2016, December). Volatile transport in subvolcanic magma reservoirs [Abstract]. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2016, San Francisco, Calif..Conference paper Parmigiani, A., Huber, C., Bachmann, O., & Leclaire, S. (2016, April). Why are plutons dry? Outgassing mechanisms of crustal magmatic bodies [Paper]. EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria.
- 2015 (4)
Journal article Leclaire, S., Pellerin, N., Reggio, M., & Trépanier, J.-Y. (2015). An approach to control the spurious currents in a multiphase lattice Boltzmann method and to improve the implementation of initial condition. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 77(12), 732-746.Journal article Pellerin, N., Leclaire, S., & Reggio, M. (2015). An implementation of the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model in a multi-domain lattice Boltzmann method for solving turbulent airfoil flows. Computers & Mathematics With Applications, 70(12), 3001-3018.Journal article Leclaire, S. (2015). Forward and backward finite differences for isotropic gradients on a square lattice derived from a rectangular lattice formulation. International Journal of Computer Mathematics, 92(5), 1078-1085.Journal article Rastiello, G., Leclaire, S., Belarbi, R., & Bennacer, R. (2015). Unstable two-phase flow rate in micro-channels and cracks under imposed pressure difference. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 77, 131-141.
- 2014 (4)
Journal article Pellerin, N., Leclaire, S., & Reggio, M. (2014). Equilibrium distributions for straight, curved, and immersed boundary conditions in the lattice Boltzmann method. Computers and Fluids, 101, 126-135.Journal article Leclaire, S., El-Hachem, M., Trépanier, J.-Y., & Reggio, M. (2014). High Order Spatial Generalization of 2D and 3D Isotropic Discrete Gradient Operators with Fast Evaluation on GPUs. Journal of Scientific Computing, 59(3), 545-573.Journal article Leclaire, S., Pellerin, N., Reggio, M., & Trépanier, J.-Y. (2014). Multiphase flow modeling of spinodal decomposition based on the cascaded lattice Boltzmann method. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 406, 307-319.Journal article Leclaire, S., Pellerin, N., Reggio, M., & Trépanier, J.-Y. (2014). Unsteady immiscible multiphase flow validation of a multiple-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann method. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 47(10), 24-24.
- 2013 (3)
Journal article Leclaire, S., Pellerin, N., Reggio, M., & Trépanier, J.-Y. (2013). Enhanced equilibrium distribution functions for simulating immiscible multiphase flows with variable density ratios in a class of lattice Boltzmann models. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 57, 159-168.Thesis Leclaire, S. (2013). Étude d'un modèle de Boltzmann sur réseau pour la simulation assistée par ordinateur des fluides à plusieurs phases immiscibles [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].Journal article Leclaire, S., Reggio, M., & Trépanier, J.-Y. (2013). Progress and Investigation on Lattice Boltzmann Modeling of Multiple Immiscible Fluids or Components With Variable Density and Viscosity Ratios. Journal of Computational Physics, 246, 318-342.
- 2012 (3)
Book chapter Leclaire, S., El-Hachem, M., & Reggio, M. (2012). Convolution kernel for fast CPU/GPU computation of 2D/3D isotropic gradients on a square/cubic lattice. In Katsikis, V. (ed.), MATLAB - A Fundamental Tool for Scientific Computing and Engineering Applications - Volume 3 (Vol. 3, pp. 195-216).Conference paper Leclaire, S., Trépanier, J.-Y., Reggio, M., & Malouin, B. (2012, May). Laplace Young's law and multi-layered Couette's flow in a lattice Boltzmann model [Paper]. CFD Society of Canada 20th Annual Conference, Canmore, Alberta.Journal article Leclaire, S., Reggio, M., & Trépanier, J.-Y. (2012). Numerical Evaluation of Two Recoloring Operators for an Immiscible Two-Phase Flow Lattice Boltzmann Model. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 36(5), 2237-2252.
- 2011 (2)
Journal article Leclaire, S., Reggio, M., & Trépanier, J.-Y. (2011). Isotropic color gradient for simulating very high-density ratios with a two-phase flow lattice Boltzmann model. Computers and Fluids, 48(1), 98-112.Conference paper Leclaire, S., Reggio, M., & Trépanier, J.-Y. (2011, April). Lattice Boltzmann immiscible three-phase model [Paper]. 19th Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada, Montréal, Québec.
- 2010 (2)
Conference paper Guiet, J., Vasseur, P., Reggio, M., & Leclaire, S. (2010, May). Application of the lattice Boltzmann method to calculate the natural convection of nanofluids in shallow cavity [Paper]. CFD Society of Canada 18th Annual Conference, London, Ontario.Conference paper Leclaire, S., Reggio, M., & Trépanier, J.-Y. (2010, May). Integration of a recoloring algorithm into a Rothman-Keller lattice Boltzmann model [Paper]. 18th Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada, Ontario, Canada.
- 2009 (1)
Thesis Leclaire, S. (2009). Simulation numérique des fluides avec la méthode de Boltzmann sur réseau utilisant le krigeage des gradients [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- 2007 (1)
Thesis Leclaire, S. (2007). Algorithmes efficaces pour la simulation de gouttes entraînées [Master's Thesis, Université de Montréal].
- 2004 (1)
Thesis Leclaire, S. (2004). Géométrie différentielle, champs de vecteurs et géodésiques [B. Sc., Université de Montréal].