A presentation is given of the results of twohyphen;dimensional lattice gas cellular automata (LGA) simulations for calculating the permeability for flow through periodic arrays of cylinders, where the cylinders have either a rhomboid or cruciform cross section. For the case of rhombi, the results are related via a semiempirical shape factor to analytical solutions for flow through arrays of circular cylinders. Finite size effects are studied by comparing simulation results with theory. This calibration of the LGA model then validates its use for the study of flow around cruciforms, for which there is no analytical solution. This has an important application in the mathematical modeling of flow through arrays of dendrites in the mushy region during the solidification of alloy steel.
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