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We investigate the outcomes of collisions between Mars-sized bodies through smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations, focusing on the transitions among ``merging'', ``hit-and-run'', and catastrophic disruption. By systematically…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-18 Hiroshi Kobayashi , Hidekazu Tanaka , Yukihiko Hasegawa , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) is a unique numerical method widely used for astrophysical problems since it involves no spatial grid. Rather, fluid quantities are carried by a set of Lagrangian `particles' which move with the flow,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 Daniel Price

We present REMIX, a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) scheme designed to alleviate effects that typically suppress mixing and instability growth at density discontinuities in SPH simulations. We approach this problem by directly…

Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH_ is a mesh-free Lagrangian method renowned for modeling large deformations and free-surface flows, yet classical formulations remain confined to deterministic systems. We introduce Stochastic SPH…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Mridul Tiwari , Sawan Kumar , Md Rushdie Ibne Islam , Souvik Chakraborty

Smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) employs an artificial viscosity to properly capture hydrodynamical shock waves. In its original formulation, the resulting numerical viscosity is large enough to suppress structure in the velocity field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Dolag , F. Vazza , G. Brunetti , G. Tormen

In this study we investigated the capabilities of the mesh-free, Lagrangian particle method (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, SPH) to simulate the detailed hydrodynamic processes generated by both spilling and plunging breaking waves within…

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

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

Transport and mixing of gas species are of particular interest in planetary environments, where interactions among multiple species can occur within confined or porous media. In this work, we present a novel Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-09 Luca Maggioni , Matteo Teodori , Gianfranco Magni , Michelangelo Formisano , Maria Cristina De Sanctis , Francesca Altieri

Standard formulations of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) are unable to resolve mixing at fluid boundaries. We use an error and stability analysis of the generalised SPH equations of motion to prove that this is due to two distinct…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 J. I. Read , T. Hayfield , O. Agertz

In this paper we consider two sources of enhancement for the meshfree Lagrangian particle method smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) by improving the accuracy of the particle approximation. Namely, we will consider shape functions…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-12-02 R. A. Brownlee , P. Houston , J. Levesley , S. Rosswog

To capture specific characteristics of non-Newtonian fluids, during the past years fractional constitutive models have become increasingly popular. These models are able to capture in a simple and compact way the complex behaviour of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-11-23 Luca Santelli , Adolfo Vazquez-Quesada , Marco Ellero

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

Numerical simulations of high-speed forming and welding are of significant interest to industry, but are challenging due to the coupled physics and dynamic nature of the processes. With the advancement in hardware and computational…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-12-24 Ali Nassiri , Tim Abke , Glenn Daehn

Lagrangian smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) is a well-established approach to model fluids in astrophysical problems, thanks to its geometric flexibility and ability to automatically adjust the spatial resolution to the clumping of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 S. Hess , V. Springel

The magneto-rotational instability (MRI) is one of the most important processes in sufficiently ionized astrophysical disks. Grid-based simulations, especially those using the local shearing box approximation, provide a powerful tool to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-24 Hongping Deng , Lucio Mayer , Henrik Latter , Philip F. Hopkins , Xue-Ning Bai

We investigate a new implementation of the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics technique (SPH) designed to improve the realism with which galaxy formation can be simulated. In situations where cooling leads to the coexistence of phases of very…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 S. Marri , S. D. M. White

We present a fully Lagrangian conservation form of the general relativistic hydrodynamic equations for perfect fluids with artificial viscosity in a given arbitrary background spacetime. This conservation formulation is achieved by choosing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Siegler , H. Riffert

We present a novel method of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) within the smoothed particle hydrodynamics scheme using the Geometric Density average force expression (GDSPH). GDSPH has recently been shown to reduce the leading order errors and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-31 Robert Wissing , Sijing Shen

We use a smooth particle hydrodynamics method (SPH) to simulate colliding rocky and icy bodies from cm-scale to hundreds of km in diameter, in an effort to define self-consistently the threshold for catastrophic disruption. Unlike previous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-21 W. Benz , E. Asphaug