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We show existence and uniqueness of strong solutions to a Navier-Stokes/Cahn-Hilliard type system on a given two-dimensional evolving surface in the case of different densities and a singular (logarithmic) potential. The system describes a…

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A four-parameter kinematic model for the position of a fluid parcel in a time-varying ellipse is introduced. For any ellipse advected by an arbitrary linear two-dimensional flow, the rates of change of the ellipse parameters are uniquely…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2018-02-13 J. M. Lilly

An improved diffuse boundary condition, where the number flux of the incoming real molecules on the wall surface is calculated using the molecular variables rather than the cell's macroscopic variables, is proposed to eliminate the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2014-03-18 Jun Li

Dileptons serve as a clean and penetrating probe of the Quark--Gluon Plasma created in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. In this work, we investigate thermal dilepton spectra and their elliptic flow through the dynamical conductivity that…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-08-26 Ashutosh Dwibedi , Ankit Kumar Panda , Sabyasachi Ghosh , Victor Roy

Diffusion and drift of a graphene flake on a graphite surface are analyzed. A potential energy relief of the graphene flake is computed using ab initio and empirical calculations. Based on the analysis of this relief, different mechanisms…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Irina V. Lebedeva , Andrey A. Knizhnik , Andrey M. Popov , Olga V. Ershova , Yurii E. Lozovik , Boris V. Potapkin

To investigate the link between discrete, small-scale and continuous, large scale mechanical properties of a foam, we observe its two-dimensional flow in a channel, around an elliptical obstacle. We measure the drag, lift and torque acting…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Benjamin Dollet Melanie Durth Francois Graner

In this contribution we present an alternative scenario for the large elliptic flow observed in relativistic heavy ion collisions. Motivated by recent results from Lattice QCD on flavor off-diagonal susceptibilities we argue that the matter…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-18 Volker Koch

The purpose of this communication is to discuss the simulation of a free surface compressible flow between two fluids, typically air and water. We use a two fluid model with the same velocity, pressure and temperature for both phases. In…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-02-20 Frederic Dias , Denys Dutykh , Jean-Michel Ghidaglia

Heat-flux boundary conditions are challenging to implement efficiently in rarefied gas flow simulations because the wall-reflected gas temperature and density must be determined dynamically during the computation. This paper aims to tackle…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Yanbing Zhang , Ruifeng Yuan , Liyan Luo , Lei Wu

This paper investigates the lift force exerted on an elliptical obstacle immersed in a granular flow through analytical calculations and computer simulations. The results are shown as a function of the obstacle size, orientation with…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-02-01 Fabricio Q. Potiguar

Condensation is an important aspect of many flow applications due to the universal presence of humidity in the air at ambient conditions. For direct numerical simulations of such flows, simulating the gas phase as a mixture characterized by…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-06-29 Philipp Bahavar , Claus Wagner

We present the results of a new set of hydrodynamical simulations of hot gas flows in model elliptical galaxies with the following characteristics: the spatial luminosity distribution approaches a power law form at small radii, in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Pellegrini , L. Ciotti

Atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion systems harness atmospheric particles as propellant, enabling efficient operation across diverse environmental conditions. To accurately simulate the captured gas flow through the modules,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-08-18 M. B. Agir , N. H. Crisp , K. L. Smith , P. C. E. Roberts , M. Newsam , M. Griffiths , S Vaidya

We studied the self-diffusion of colloidal ellipsoids in a monolayer near a flat wall by video microscopy. The image processing algorithm can track the positions and orientations of ellipsoids with sub-pixel resolution. The translational…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-19 Zhongyu Zheng , Yilong Han

The classical problem of steady rarefied gas flow past an infinitely thin circular disk is revisited, with particular emphasis on the gas behavior near the disk edge. The uniform flow is assumed to be perpendicular to the disk surface. An…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-26 Takuma Tomita , Satoshi Taguchi , Tetsuro Tsuji

In this paper, we propose a new ellipsoidal mixture model. This model is based a new probability density function belonging to the family of elliptical distributions and designed to model points spread around an ellipsoidal surface. Then,…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-09-22 Denis Brazey , Antoine Godichon-Baggioni , Bruno Portier

The dynamics of viscous thin-film particle-laden flows down inclined surfaces are commonly modeled with one of two approaches: a diffusive flux model or a suspension balance model. The diffusive flux model assumes that the particles migrate…

We consider dry granular flow down an inclined chute with a localised contraction theoretically and numerically. The flow regimes are predicted through a novel extended one-dimensional hydraulic theory. A discrete particle method validated…

Geophysics · Physics 2015-04-20 D. R. Tunuguntla , T. Weinhart , A. R. Thornton , O. Bokhove

We present a scaled particle density functional study of two-dimensional binary mixtures of hard convex particles with one or both species being ellipses. In particular, we divide our study into two parts. The first part is devoted to the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-06-07 Yuri Martinez-Raton

The asymptotic derivation of a new family of one-dimensional, weakly nonlinear and weakly dispersive equations that model the flow of an ideal fluid in an elastic vessel is presented. Dissipative effects due to the viscous nature of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-02-20 Dimitrios Mitsotakis , Denys Dutykh , Li Qian