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In this paper, a three-dimensional numerical solver is developed for suspensions of rigid and soft particles and droplets in viscoelastic and elastoviscoplastic (EVP) fluids. The presented algorithm is designed to allow for the first time…

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Classical Physics · Physics 2009-04-03 Mohamed Guedda , Zakia Hammouch

We explore the dynamical stabilities of a quasi-one dimensional (1D) Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) consisting of fixed $N$ atoms with time-independent external potential. For the stationary states with zero flow density the general…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Wenhua Hai , Guishu Chong , Jianwen Song

On the example of two-phase continua experiencing stress induced solid-fluid phase transitions we explore the use of the Euler structure in the formulation of the governing equations. The Euler structure guarantees that solutions of the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-12-02 Ilya Peshkov , Miroslav Grmela , Evgeniy Romenski

In contrast to normal fluids, a granular fluid under shear supports a steady state with uniform temperature and density since the collisional cooling can compensate locally for viscous heating. It is shown that the hydrodynamic description…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Santos , V. Garzo , J. W. Dufty

In this paper, we derive a new model for the description of liquid crystalline flows. While microscopic Doi type models suffer from the high dimensionality of the underlying product space, the more macroscopic Ericksen--Leslie type models…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-04 Stefan Metzger

This paper presents a novel Stabilizer-Free weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for solving the Brinkman equations without the need for conventional stabilization techniques. The Brinkman model, which mathematically blends features of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-28 Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang

We investigate here linear stability in a canonical three-dimensional boundary layer generated by the superposition of a spanwise pressure gradient upon an otherwise standard channel flow. As the main result, we introduce a simple…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-06-28 Muhammad Abdullah

We consider a family of steady free-surface flow problems in two dimensions, concentrating on the effect of nonlinearity on the train of gravity waves that appear downstream of a disturbance. By exploiting standard complex variable…

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We investigate the convergence of McKean-Vlasov diffusions in a nonconvex landscape. These processes are linked to nonlinear partial differential equations. According to our previous results, there are at least three stationary measures…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-05-27 Julian Tugaut

Linear stability of stratified gas-liquid and liquid-liquid plane-parallel flows in inclined channels is studied with respect to all wavenumber perturbations. The main objective is to predict parameter regions in which stable stratified…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-02-15 Ilya Barmak , Alexander Gelfgat , Amos Ullmann , Neima Brauner

The translation and shape deformations of a passive viscous Newtonian droplet immersed in an active nematic liquid crystal under circular confinement are analyzed using a linear stability analysis. We focus on the case of a sharply aligned…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-07-29 Tanumoy Dhar , Michael J. Shelley , David Saintillan

This article extends a recently introduced kinetic closure of turbulence by developing its theoretical framework, operational realizations, and validation. In contrast with filtered Navier--Stokes formulations, filtering the Boltzmann…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-20 Francesco Marson , Orestis Malaspinas

We provide a minimal model for an active nematic film in contact with both a solid substrate and a passive isotropic fluid, and explore its dynamics in one and two dimensions using a combination of hybrid Lattice Boltzmann simulations and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-02-16 Matthew L. Blow , Marco Aqil , Benno Liebchen , Davide Marenduzzo

Euler--Euler or volume-averaged Navier--Stokes equations are used in various applications to model systems with two or more interpenetrating phases. Each fluid obeys its own momentum and mass equations, and the phases are typically coupled…

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We show how the sticky dynamics for the one-dimensional pressureless Euler-alignment system can be obtained as an $L^2$-gradient flow of a convex functional. This is analogous to the Lagrangian evolution introduced by Natile and Savar\'{e}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-11 Sondre Tesdal Galtung

We consider the evolution and interaction of a 2-dimensional nematic liquid crystal of Ericksen-Leslie type within a 1-dimensional flexible viscoelastic structure. This is a fully macroscopic model in which the nematic liquid crystal is…

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We present a hybrid lattice Boltzmann algorithm for the simulation of flow glass-forming fluids, characterized by slow structural relaxation, at the level of the Navier-Stokes equation. The fluid is described in terms of a nonlinear…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-04-24 S. Papenkort , Th. Voigtmann

Linear stability of stratified two-phase flows in horizontal channels to arbitrary wavenumber disturbances is studied. The problem is reduced to Orr-Sommerfeld equations for the stream function disturbances, defined in each sublayer and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-05-04 Ilya Barmak , Alexander Gelfgat , Helena Vitoshkin , Amos Ullmann , Neima Brauner

In this paper the motion of two-phase, incompressible, viscous fluids with surface tension is investigated. Three cases are considered: (1) the case of heat-conducting fluids, (2) the case of isothermal fluids, and (3) the case of Stokes…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-19 Gieri Simonett , Mathias Wilke