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In this article, we propose a novel conservative diffuse-interface method for the simulation of immiscible compressible two-phase flows. The proposed method discretely conserves the mass of each phase, momentum and total energy of the…
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We propose certain approach of solving two-dimensional non-stationary and stationary advection-diffusion-reaction boundary value problems through their reduction to the set of corresponding one-dimensional problems. This method leverages…
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We present natural axisymmetric variants of schemes for curvature flows introduced earlier by the present authors and analyze them in detail. Although numerical methods for geometric flows have been used frequently in axisymmetric settings,…
This work presents a mathematical model for the optimal control of thin-film flows over a flexible topography influenced by an external force. Our thin-film model allows for the rupture of films as well as the coalescence of bubbles. The…
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We study global minimizers of a functional modeling the free energy of thin liquid layers over a solid substrate under the combined effect of surface, gravitational, and intermolecular potentials. When the latter ones have a mild repulsive…