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We perform simulations of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability using smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH). The instability is studied both in the linear and strongly non-linear regimes. The smooth, well-posed initial conditions of Lecoanet et…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-07 Terrence S. Tricco

Despite the many advances in the use of weakly-compressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) for the simulation of incompressible fluid flow, it is still challenging to obtain second-order convergence even for simple periodic domains.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-07 Pawan Negi , Prabhu Ramachandran

We present an implementation of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) with improved accuracy for simulations of galaxies and the large-scale structure. In particular, we combine, implement, modify and test a vast majority of SPH improvement…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-21 A. M. Beck , G. Murante , A. Arth , R. -S. Remus , A. F. Teklu , J. M. F. Donnert , S. Planelles , M. C. Beck , P. Foerster , M. Imgrund , K. Dolag , S. Borgani

In this paper the problem of consistency of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) is solved. A novel error analysis is developed in $n$-dimensional space using the Poisson summation formula, which enables the treatment of the kernel and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-04-09 Leonardo Di G. Sigalotti , Otto Rendón , Jaime Klapp , Carlos A. Vargas , Kilver Campos

We analyse the performance of twelve different implementations of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) using seven tests designed to isolate key hydrodynamic elements of cosmological simulations which are known to cause the SPH algorithm…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 R. J. Thacker , E. R. Tittley , F. R. Pearce , H. M. P. Couchman , P. A. Thomas

We present a quantum computing algorithm for the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method. We use a normalization procedure to encode the SPH operators and domain discretization in a quantum register. We then perform the SPH summation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-26 Rhonda Au-Yeung , Anthony J. Williams , Viv M. Kendon , Steven J. Lind

This paper presents an alternative formulation of the ASPH algorithm for evolving anisotropic smoothing kernels, in which the geometric approach of Shapiro et al. (1996; Paper I) is replaced by an approach involving a local transformation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 J. Michael Owen , Jens V. Villumsen , Paul R. Shapiro , Hugo Martel

We seek to accelerate and increase the size of simulations for fluid-structure interactions (FSI) by using multiple resolutions in the spatial discretization of the equations governing the time evolution of systems displaying two-way…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-08-02 Wei Hu , Wenxiao Pan , Milad Rakhsha , Qiang Tian , Haiyan Hu , Dan Negrut

Smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) is positioned as having ideal conservation properties. When properly implemented, conservation of total mass, energy, and both linear and angular momentum is guaranteed exactly, up to machine precision.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-16 Oleg Korobkin , Hyun Lim , Irina Sagert , Julien Loiseau , Christopher Mauney , M. Alexander R. Kaltenborn , Bing-Jyun Tsao , Wesley P. Even

We introduce adaptive particle refinement for compressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH). SPH calculations have the natural advantage that resolution follows mass, but this is not always optimal. Our implementation allows the user…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-19 Rebecca Nealon , Daniel Price

Basic Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) models exhibit excessive, numerical dissipation in the simulation of water wave propagation. This can be remedied using higher-order approaches such as kernel gradient correction, which introduce…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-11-14 Lennart Justin Schulze , Vito Zago , Giuseppe Bilotta , Robert Anthony Dalrymple

We present a set of new smoothing kernels for smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) that improve the convergence of the method without any additional computational cost. These kernels are generated through a linear combination of other SPH…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-04 Robert Wissing , Thomas R. Quinn , Ben Keller , James Wadsley , Sijing Shen

This paper proposes and validates two new particle regularization techniques for the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) numerical method to improve its stability and accuracy for free surface flow simulations. We introduce a general form…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-04-05 Mojtaba Jandaghian , Herman Musumari Siaben , Ahmad Shakibaeinia

A family of conservative schemes for the axisymmetric contact smoothed particle hydrodynamics (CSPH) method, which ensure the accuracy and stability in modeling of complex multi-material flows of compressible media, is introduced. Among…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-07-09 G. D. Rublev

This paper presents an overview and introduction to Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics and Magnetohydrodynamics in theory and in practice. Firstly, we give a basic grounding in the fundamentals of SPH, showing how the equations of motion and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-22 Daniel J. Price

In this paper, a new efficient and generalized consistency correction method for weakly-compressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics is proposed and successfully implemented in the simulation of violent free-surface flow exhibiting breaking…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-05-24 Yaru Ren , Pengzhi Lin , Chi Zhang , Xiangyu Hu

Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) is a ubiquitous numerical method for solving the fluid equations, and is prized for its conservation properties, natural adaptivity, and simplicity. We introduce the Sphenix SPH scheme, which was…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-17 Josh Borrow , Matthieu Schaller , Richard G. Bower , Joop Schaye

Computational fluid dynamics is a crucial tool to theoretically explore the cosmos. In the last decade, we have seen a substantial methodological diversification with a number of cross-fertilizations between originally different methods.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-25 Stephan Rosswog

We review the current status of compact object simulations that are based on the Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method. The first main part of this review is dedicated to SPH as a numerical method. We begin by discussing relevant…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-14 S. Rosswog

We present a new methodology for simulating self-gravitating general-relativistic fluids. In our approach the fluid is modelled by means of Lagrangian particles in the framework of a general-relativistic (GR) Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-12 S. Rosswog , P. Diener