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Free surface and granular fluid mechanics problems combine the challenges of fluid dynamics with aspects of granular behaviour. This type of problem is particularly relevant in contexts such as the flow of sediments in rivers, the movement…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Thomas Leyssens , Michel Henry , Jonathan Lambrechts , Vincent Legat , Jean-François Remacle

When a dynamic earthquake rupture propagates on a fault in the Earth's crust, the medium around the fault is dynamically damaged due to stress concentrations around the rupture tip. Recent field observations, laboratory experiments and…

Geophysics · Physics 2019-11-12 Kurama Okubo , Esteban Rougier , Zhou Lei , Harsha S. Bhat

This article presents a new force model for performing quantitative simulations of dense granular materials. Interactions between multiple contacts (MC) on the same grain are explicitly taken into account. Our readily applicable method…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-10-22 Nicolas Brodu , Joshua A. Dijksman , Robert P. Behringer

During close approaches to planets or stars, the morphological and dynamical properties of rubble-pile small bodies can be modified, and some may catastrophically break up. This phenomenon is of particular interest for understanding the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-26 Yun Zhang , Patrick Michel

Flexure of Antarctic ice shelves under excitation from long ocean waves induces mechanical ice shelf stresses that amplify fractures and, hence, contribute to calving events. Here, a solution method is developed for a hydroelastic…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-22 T. K. Papathanasiou , L. G. Bennetts , M. H. Meylan

In this work, we introduce a time memory formalism in poroelasticity model that couples the pressure and displacement. We assume this multiphysics process occurs in multicontinuum media. The mathematical model contains a coupled system of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-20 Aleksei Tyrylgin , Maria Vasilyeva , Anatoly Alikhanov , Dongwoo Sheen

We present a detailed analysis of the bounds on the integration step in Discrete Element Method (DEM) for simulating collisions and shearing of granular assemblies. We show that, in the numerical scheme, the upper limit for the integration…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-01-01 Andrés A. Peña , Pedro G. Lind , Sean McNamara , Hans J. Herrmann

A modified version of the wave-ice interaction model proposed by Williams et al (2013a,b) is presented for an idealised transect geometry. Wave attenuation due to ice floes and wave-induced ice fracture are both included in the wave-ice…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Luke Bennetts , Siobhan O'Farrell , Petteri Uotila , Vernon Squire

The propagation of elastic waves in a fractured rock is investigated, both theoretically and numerically. Outside the fractures, the propagation of compressional waves is described in the simple framework of one-dimensional linear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-16 Bruno Lombard , Joël Piraux

Exponential decay estimates of a general linear weakly damped wave equation are studied with decay rate lying in a range. Based on the $C^0$-conforming finite element method to discretize spatial variables keeping temporal variable…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-07 P. Danumjaya , Anil Kumar , Amiya K. Pani

The marginal ice zone is the dynamic interface between the open ocean and consolidated inner pack ice. Surface gravity waves regulate marginal ice zone extent and properties, and, hence, fluxes between the atmosphere and ocean, and ice…

A numerical method is described for studying how elastic waves interact with imperfect contacts such as fractures or glue layers existing between elastic solids. These contacts have been classicaly modeled by interfaces, using a simple…

Classical Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Bruno Lombard , Joël Piraux

The discrete element method constitutes a general class of modeling techniques to simulate the microscopic behavior (i.e. at the particle scale) of granular/soil materials. We present a contact dynamics method, accounting for the cohesive…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2011-07-18 Dirk Kadau , Jose S. Andrade , Hans J. Herrmann

We predict the structural interaction of crystalline solid-melt interfaces using amplitude equations which are derived from classical density functional theory or phase-field-crystal modeling. The solid ordering decays exponentially on the…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-12 Robert Spatschek , Ari Adland , Alain Karma

One of the most important parameters in a collision is the 'miss distance' or impact parameter, which in quantum mechanics is described by quantized partial waves. Usually, the collision outcome is the result of unavoidable averaging over…

Gravitational coupling between young planets and their parent disks is often explored using numerical simulations, which typically treat the disk thermodynamics in a highly simplified manner. In particular, many studies adopt the locally…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-08 Ryan Miranda , Roman R. Rafikov

The spatiotemporal variation in tropical air-sea interaction is investigated by applying a simple model that considers the fundamental dynamics in tropical oceans. The model decomposes sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) variation into a…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2023-05-31 Yaokun Li

Eddies within the meso/submeso-scale range are prevalent throughout the Arctic Ocean, playing a pivotal role in regulating freshwater budget, heat transfer, and sea ice transport. While observations have suggested a strong connection…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-05-06 Minki Kim , Georgy E. Manucharyan , Monica M. Wilhelmus

During the last ice age there were several quasi-periodic abrupt warming events. The climatic effects of the so-called Dansgaard-Oeschger (DO) events were felt globally, although the North Atlantic experienced the largest and most abrupt…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2015-03-13 Raj Saha

We propose a dissipative electro-elastic network model (DENM) to describe the dynamics and statistics of electrostatic fluctuations at active sites of proteins. The model combines the harmonic network of residue beads with overdamped…

Biological Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Daniel R. Martin , S. Banu Ozkan , Dmitry V. Matyushov