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Space and time scales are not independent in diffusion. In fact, numerical simulations show that different patterns are obtained when space and time steps ($\Delta x$ and $\Delta t$) are varied independently. On the other hand, anisotropy…

patt-sol · Physics 2015-06-26 Rui Dilao , Joaquim Sainhas

We conduct two- and three-dimensional simulations for double diffusive convection in the diffusive regime, where the fluid flow is driven by a destabilizing temperature gradient and stabilized by a stably stratified salinity gradient. We…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-03-30 Kai Leong Chong , Rui Yang , Yantao Yang , Roberto Verzicco , Detlef Lohse

The dynamics of two vertically coalescing drops and a pool of the same liquid have been investigated using a Coupled Level Set and Volume of Fluid (CLSVOF) method. Such a configuration enables us to study the dynamic interaction of an…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-08-08 Akash Paul , Bahni Ray , Kirti Chandra Sahu , Gautam Biswas

We study turbulent diffusion of chemically reacting gaseous admixtures in a developed turbulence. In our previous study [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 80}, 69 (1998)] using a path-integral approach for a delta-correlated in time random velocity…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-11-19 Tov Elperin , Nathan Kleeorin , Michael Liberman , Igor Rogachevskii

Sinking marine snow particles, composed primarily of organic matter, control the global export of photosynthetically fixed carbon from the ocean surface to depth. The fate of sedimenting marine snow particles is in part regulated by their…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-03-25 Jan Turczynowicz , Radost Waszkiewicz , Jonasz Słomka , Maciej Lisicki

This work describes an experimental investigation on the mixing induced by a swarm of high Reynolds number air bubbles rising through a nearly homogeneous and isotropic turbulent flow. The gas volume fraction $\alpha$ and the velocity…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-12-27 Elise Alméras , Varghese Mathai , Chao Sun , Detlef Lohse

We present a theoretical analysis of the dynamic structure factor (DSF) of a liquid at and below the mode coupling critical temperature $T_c$, by developing a self-consistent theoretical treatment which includes the contributions both from…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sarika Maitra Bhattacharyya , Biman Bagchi , Peter G. Wolynes

The equation which describes a particle diffusing in a logarithmic potential arises in diverse physical problems such as momentum diffusion of atoms in optical traps, condensation processes, and denaturation of DNA molecules. A detailed…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-03 Ori Hirschberg , David Mukamel , Gunter M. Schütz

In microfluidic devices, droplets serving as carriers for chemical reactors or biomass can form stably encapsulated particles during the freezing process, holding significant importance in pharmaceuticals and microchemical reaction control.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-08-11 Dahu Li , zhiliang Wang

Numerical modeling of the edge and scrape-off layer (SOL) must account for atomic processes such as hydrogenic ionization and recombination, charge-exchange, and line radiation. Their reaction rates depend non-linearly on density and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-04-01 Konrad Eder , Wladimir Zholobenko , Andreas Stegmeir , Kaiyu Zhang , Frank Jenko

The formation of biomolecular condensates inside cells often involve intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), and several of these IDPs are also capable of forming droplet-like dense assemblies on their own, through liquid-liquid phase…

Biological Physics · Physics 2020-02-26 Daniel Nilsson , Anders Irbäck

We have developed a microfluidic tool to measure the diffusion coefficient $D$ of solutes in an aqueous solution, by following the temporal relaxation of an initially steep concentration gradient in a microchannel. Our chip exploits…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-08-23 Hoang-Thanh Nguyen , Anne Bouchaudy , Jean-Baptiste Salmon

Thermal behaviors of hydroxypropyl cellulose dilute aqueous solutions with impurities of Group~I alkali metal ions (Li, Na, K, Rb and Cs chlorides) has been studied by means of static and dynamic light scattering measurements. From the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-04-08 Valery I. Kovalchuk

The temporal interface microstructure and diffusion in the diffusion couples with the mutual interactions of temperature gradient, concentration difference and initial aging time of the alloys were studied by phase-field simulation, the…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-08-19 Li Yong-Sheng , Wu Xing-Chao , Liu Wei , Hou Zhi-Yuan , Mei Hao-Jie

We report a numerical study of the diffusiophoresis of short polymers using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. More precisely, we consider polymer chains in a fluid containing a solute which has a concentration gradient, and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-05-20 Simón Ramírez-Hinestrosa , Hiroaki Yoshida , Lydéric Bocquet , Daan Frenkel

Scalar mixing fronts develop at the interface of agitated fluids of different solute concentrations. In such fronts, scalar fluctuations form at both microscopic and macroscopic scales, due to stretching-enhanced molecular diffusion and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-18 Heyman Joris , Le Borgne Tanguy , Lester Daniel

It is known that diffusion provokes substantial changes in continuous absorbing phase transitions. Conversely, its effect on discontinuous transitions is much less understood. In order to shed light in this direction, we study the inclusion…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-09-25 Carlos E. Fiore , Gabriel T. Landi

The dynamics of the avalanche mixing in a slowly rotated 2D upright drum is studied in the situation where the difference $\delta$ between the angle of marginal stability and the angle of repose of the granular material is finite. An…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 S. N. Dorogovtsev

Maxima of the scalar dissipation rate in turbulence appear in form of sheets and correspond to the potentially most intensive scalar mixing events. Their cross-section extension determines a locally varying diffusion scale of the mixing…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dan Kushnir , Joerg Schumacher , Achi Brandt

We use numerical simulations to investigate the behaviour of the dipole moment of the spatial distribution of different kinds of mass tracers. We select density peaks of the simulated matter distribution with mean separations of 38 and 30…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 V. Kolokotronis , M. Plionis , P. Coles , S. Borgani , L. Moscardini