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Accurate numerical modeling of compressible flows, particularly in the turbulent regime, requires a method that is non-dissipative and stable at high Reynolds ($Re$) numbers. For a compressible flow, it is known that discrete conservation…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-05-23 Suhas S. Jain , Parviz Moin

In this paper, we present a first-order finite element scheme for the viscoelastic electrohydrodynamic model. The model incorporates the Poisson-Nernst-Planck equations to describe the transport of ions and the Oldroyd-B constitutive model…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Wenxing Zhu , Mingyang Pan , Dongdong He

In this paper, we construct a well-balanced, positivity preserving finite volume scheme for the shallow water equations based on a continuous, piecewise linear discretization of the bottom topography. The main new technique is a special…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-12-12 Andreas Bollermann , Guoxian Chen , Alexander Kurganov , Sebastian Noelle

We present an Asymptotic-Preserving 'all-speed' scheme for the simulation of compressible flows valid at all Mach-numbers ranging from very small to order unity. The scheme is based on a semi-implicit discretization which treats the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-04-08 Floraine Cordier , Pierre Degond , Anela Kumbaro

We present a finite element discretization of a non-linear diffusion equation used in the field of critical phenomena and, more recently, in the context of Dynamic Density Functional Theory. The discretized equation preserves the structure…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-23 J. A. de la Torre , Pep Español , Aleksandar Donev

We show that the one-dimensional (1D) two-fluid model (TFM) for stratified flow in channels and pipes (in its incompressible, isothermal form) satisfies an energy conservation equation, which arises naturally from the mass and momentum…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-10-26 J. F. H. Buist , B. Sanderse , S. Dubinkina , R. A. W. M. Henkes , C. W. Oosterlee

We study the numerical behaviour of a particle method for gradient flows involving linear and nonlinear diffusion. This method relies on the discretisation of the energy via non-overlapping balls centred at the particles. The resulting…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-07 J. A. Carrillo , Y. Huang , F. S. Patacchini , G. Wolansky

Assumed having axial symmetry, the streamer discharge is often described by a fluid model in cylindrical coordinate system, which consists of convection dominated (diffusion) equations with source terms, coupled with a Poisson's equation.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2014-03-27 Chijie Zhuang , Rong Zeng

In this paper, a higher order finite difference scheme is proposed for Generalized Fractional Diffusion Equations (GFDEs). The fractional diffusion equation is considered in terms of the generalized fractional derivatives (GFDs) which uses…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-08 Kamlesh Kumar , Rajesh K. Pandey

Numerical simulations of compressible real-fluid flows are notoriously plagued by spurious pressure oscillations arising in regions of abrupt flow variations. As a possible remedy, several numerical formulations enforce the pressure…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-27 Gennaro Coppola , Alessandro Aiello , Carlo De Michele

We introduce a class of unconditionally energy stable, high order accurate schemes for gradient flows in a very general setting. The new schemes are a high order analogue of the minimizing movements approach for generating a time discrete…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-11 Alexander Zaitzeff , Selim Esedoglu , Krishna Garikipati

This paper concerns preservation of velocity and pressure equilibria in smooth, compressible, multicomponent flows in the inviscid limit. First, we derive the velocity-equilibrium and pressure-equilibrium conditions of a standard…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-23 Eric J. Ching , Ryan F. Johnson , Andrew D. Kercher

A new time discretization scheme for the numerical simulation of two-phase flow governed by a thermodynamically consistent diffuse interface model is presented. The scheme is consistent in the sense that it allows for a discrete in time…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-02-27 Harald Garcke , Michael Hinze , Christian Kahle

We investigate discretization strategies for a recently introduced class of energy-based models. The model class encompasses classical port-Hamiltonian systems, generalized gradient flows, and certain systems with algebraic constraints. Our…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Robert Altmann , Attila Karsai , Philipp Schulze

In this paper, we present a class of high-order and efficient compact difference schemes for nonlinear convection diffusion equations, which can preserve both bounds and mass. For the one-dimensional problem, we first introduce a high-order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-20 Baolin Kuang , Shusen Xie , Hongfei Fu

We present a convergence analysis of a finite volume (FV) scheme for the multicomponent compressible Euler system in the framework of dissipative weak (DW) solutions. DW solutions were introduced as a generalized solution framework in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Jaya Agnihotri , Philipp Öffner

This paper contains construction and analysis a finite element approximation for convection dominated diffusion problems with full coefficient matrix on general simplicial partitions in $R^d$, $d=2,3$. This construction is quite close to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-11-07 Raytcho D. Lazarov , Ludmil T. Zikatanov

We extend the positivity-preserving method of Zhang & Shu (2010, JCP, 229, 3091-3120) to simulate the advection of neutral particles in phase space using curvilinear coordinates. The ability to utilize these coordinates is important for…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Eirik Endeve , Cory D. Hauck , Yulong Xing , Anthony Mezzacappa

In this paper, a second order finite difference scheme is investigated for time-dependent one-side space fractional diffusion equations with variable coefficients. The existing schemes for the equation with variable coefficients have…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-25 Xue-lei Lin , Pin Lyu , Michael K. Ng , Hai-Wei Sun , Seakweng Vong

Diffusion-based models on continuous spaces have seen substantial recent progress through the mathematical framework of gradient flows, leveraging the Wasserstein-2 (${W}_2$) metric via the Jordan-Kinderlehrer-Otto (JKO) scheme. Despite the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Dario Rancati , Jan Maas , Francesco Locatello