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The steady state motion of cylindrical droplets under the action of external body force is investigated both theoretically and via lattice Boltzmann simulation. As long as the shape-invariance of droplet is maintained, the droplet's…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2011-02-11 Nasrollah Moradi , Fathollah Varnik , Ingo Steinbach

This paper presents a rigorous finite element framework for solving an optimal control problem governed by the steady Navier-Stokes-Brinkman equations, focusing on identifying a scalar permeability parameter $\gamma$ from local velocity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-12 Jorge Aguayo Araneda , Julie Merten

We consider a fluid-structure interaction problem with Navier-slip boundary conditions in which the fluid is considered as a non-Newtonian fluid and the structure is described by a nonlinear multi-layered model. The fluid domain is driven…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-02-02 Wenjun Liu , Yadong Liu , Jun Yu

The nonlinear Schrodinger equation is well known as a universal equation in the study of wave motion. In the context of wave motion at the free surface of an incompressible fluid, the equation accurately predicts the evolution of modulated…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-03-05 John D. Carter , Christopher W. Curtis , Henrik Kalisch

We consider the viscous motion of a thin, axisymmetric column of fluid with a free surface. A one-dimensional equation of motion for the velocity and the radius is derived from the Navier-Stokes equation. We compare with recent experiments…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jens Eggers , Todd F. Dupont

In the continuum flow regime, the Navier-Stokes equations are usually used for the description of gas dynamics. On the other hand, the Boltzmann equation is applied for the rarefied gas dynamics. Both equations are constructed from modeling…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-03-08 Kun Xu , Chang Liu

The effects of thermal fluctuations on nanoscale flows are captured by a numerical scheme that is underpinned by fluctuating hydrodynamics. A stochastic lubrication equation (SLE) is solved on non-uniform adaptive grids to study a series of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-02-16 Chengxi Zhao , Jingbang Liu , Duncan A. Lockerby , James E. Sprittles

We show how dynamical equations for liquid films and drops on uneven surfaces, including contact line dynamics and evaporation/condensation effects, may be formulated as a variational dynamics, generated via Onsager's variational principle.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-05-15 Gyula I Tóth , David N Sibley , Agnes J Bokányi-Tóth , Dmitri Tseluiko , Andrew J Archer

Discrete mechanics is presented as an alternative to the equations of fluid mechanics, in particular to the Navier-Stokes equation. The derivation of the discrete equation of motion is built from the intuitions of Galileo, the principles of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-01-26 Jean-Paul Caltagirone

We investigate the sliding dynamics of a millimeter-sized particle trapped in a horizontal soap film. Once released, the particle moves toward the center of the film in damped oscillations. We study experimentally and model the forces…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-03-26 Youna Louyer , Benjamin Dollet , Isabelle Cantat , Anaïs Gauthier

We integrate for the first time the hydrodynamic Hall-Vinen-Bekarevich-Khalatnikov equations of motion of a $^{1}S_{0}$-paired neutron superfluid in a rotating spherical shell, using a pseudospectral collocation algorithm coupled with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. Peralta , A. Melatos , M. Giacobello , A. Ooi

Since particle such as molecule, atom and nucleus are composite particle, it is important to recognize that physics must be invariant for both the composite particle and its constituent particles, this requirement is called particle…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Y. Cui

The solution of problem on distribution of static head along the pipe flowing element is submitted. The solution is reached on the basis of consideration of contact interaction of gas and liquid stream with the wall of the pipe flowing…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. L. Arsenjev , I. B. Lozovitski , Y. P. Sirik

Microswimmers play an important role in shaping the world around us. The squirmer is a simple model for microswimmer whose cilia oscillations on its spherical surface induce an effective slip velocity to propel itself. The rapid development…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-11-22 Xinwei Cai , Kuiliang Wang , Gaojin Li , Xin Bian

We investigate the role of interfaces as transport barriers in binary-fluid turbulence by employing Lagrangian tracer particles. The Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes (CHNS) system of partial differential equations provides a natural theoretical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-04-30 Nadia Bihari Padhan , Rahul Pandit

The breakup of a spherical droplet in a decaying homogeneous isotropic turbulence is studied by solving the Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes equations, using the discrete unified gas kinetic scheme combined with the free-energy-based phase-field…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-06-24 Jun Lai , Tao Chen , Shengqi Zhang , Zuoli Xiao , Shiyi Chen , Lian-Ping Wang

The Kapitza-Dirac effect is the diffraction of quantum particles by a standing wave of light. We here report an analogous phenomenon in pilot-wave hydrodynamics, wherein droplets walking across the surface of a vibrating liquid bath are…

We investigate the dynamics of nanoscale droplets in the vicinity of chemical steps which separate parts of a substrate with different wettabilities. Due to long-ranged dispersion forces, nanodroplets positioned on one side of the step…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-09-29 A. Moosavi , M. Rauscher , S. Dietrich

A fluid droplet in general deforms, if subject to active driving, such as a finite slip velocity or active tractions on its interface. We show that these deformations and their dynamics can be computed analytically in a perturbation theory…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-04-19 Reiner Kree , Annette Zippelius

In the non viscous fluid dynamics, Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), as a free Lagrangian "shock capturing" method adopts either an artificial viscosity contribution or an appropriate Riemann solver technique. An explicit or an implicit…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2010-09-17 G. Lanzafame