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We develop a Monte Carlo wave function algorithm for the quantum linear Boltzmann equation, a Markovian master equation describing the quantum motion of a test particle interacting with the particles of an environmental background gas. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-09-28 Marc Busse , Piotr Pietrulewicz , Heinz-Peter Breuer , Klaus Hornberger

We present a new, simple, fast algorithm to numerically evolve disks of inelastically colliding particles surrounding a central star. Our algorithm adds negligible computational cost to the fastest existing collisionless N-body codes, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Yoram Lithwick , Eugene Chiang

We present a multiscale simulation algorithm for amorphous materials, which we illustrate and validate in a canonical case of dense granular flow. Our algorithm is based on the recently proposed Spot Model, where particles in a dense random…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 Chris H. Rycroft , Martin Z. Bazant , Gary S. Grest , James W. Landry

Computational physics is an important tool for analysing, verifying, and -- at times -- replacing physical experiments. Nevertheless, simulating quantum systems and analysing quantum data has so far resisted an efficient classical treatment…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-07 Sam McArdle

The great learning ability of deep learning models facilitates us to comprehend the real physical world, making learning to simulate complicated particle systems a promising endeavour. However, the complex laws of the physical world pose…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Guangsi Shi , Daokun Zhang , Ming Jin , Shirui Pan , Philip S. Yu

Micro-scale mechanisms, such as inter-particle and particle-fluid interactions, govern the behaviour of granular systems. While particle-scale simulations provide detailed insights into these interactions, their computational cost is often…

Manipulation of granular materials such as sand or rice remains an unsolved problem due to challenges such as the difficulty of defining their configuration or modeling the materials and their particles interactions. Current approaches tend…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-15 Neea Tuomainen , David Blanco-Mulero , Ville Kyrki

We introduce a numerical method to simulate nonlinear open quantum dynamics of a particle in situations where its state undergoes significant expansion in phase space while generating small quantum features at the phase-space Planck scale.…

We present a collision model for phase-resolved Direct Numerical Simulations of sediment transport that couple the fluid and particles by the Immersed Boundary Method. Typically, a contact model for these types of simulations comprises a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-04-18 Edward Biegert , Bernhard Vowinckel , Eckart Meiburg

We investigate the flow of granular material in a rotating cylinder numerically using molecular dynamics in two dimensions. The particles are described by a new model which allows to simulate geometrically complicated shaped grains. The…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-24 Volkhard Buchholtz , Thorsten Poeschel , Hans-Juergen Tillemans

Robustly handling collisions between individual particles in a large particle-based simulation has been a challenging problem. We introduce particle merging-and-splitting, a simple scheme for robustly handling collisions between particles…

Graphics · Computer Science 2021-07-20 Nghia Truong , Cem Yuksel , Chakrit Watcharopas , Joshua A. Levine , Robert M. Kirby

In this paper we review the simulation method of the non-smooth contact dynamics. This technique was designed to solve the unilateral and frictional contact problem for a large number of rigid bodies and has proved to be especially valuable…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Tamas Unger , Janos Kertesz

We summarize a series of numerical experiments of collisional dynamics in dense stellar systems such as globular clusters (GCs) and in weakly collisional plasmas using a novel simulation technique, the so-called Multi-particle collision…

In the first part of a series of two papers, we present in considerable detail a collision-driven molecular dynamics algorithm for a system of nonspherical particles, within a parallelepiped simulation domain, under both periodic or…

Computational Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Aleksandar Donev , Salvatore Torquato , Frank H. Stillinger

The numerical simulation of granular systems of even moderate size is a challenging computational problem. In most investigations, either Molecular Dynamics or Event-driven Molecular Dynamics is applied. Here we show that in certain cases,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Thomas Schwager , Thorsten Poeschel

This paper deals with the complex problem of how to simulate multiparticle contacts. The collision process is responsible for the transfer and dissipation of energy in granular media. A novel model of the interaction force between particles…

Computational Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Leszczynski Jacek

Years ago Edwards proposed a thermodynamic description of dense granular matter, in which the grains (the `atoms' of the system) interact with inelastic forces. The approach is intriguing but is not justified from first principles, and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Hernan A. Makse , Jorge Kurchan

A numerical procedure was developed for solving equations for compressible granular multiphase flows in which the particle volume fraction can range dynamically from very dilute to very dense. The procedure uses a low-dissipation and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2014-10-20 Ryan W. Houim , Elaine S. Oran

The control of granular materials, showing up in many industrial applications, is a challenging open research problem. Granular material systems are complex-behavior (as they could have solid-, fluid-, and gas-like behaviors) and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-08 Yuichiro Aoyama , Amin Haeri , Evangelos A. Theodorou

A recently introduced particle-based model for fluid dynamics with effective excluded volume interactions is analyzed in detail. The interactions are modeled by means of stochastic multiparticle collisions which are biased and depend on…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Thomas Ihle , Erkan Tuzel