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The non--static generalized Langevin equation and its corresponding Fokker--Planck equation for the position of a viscous fluid particle were solved in closed form for a time dependent external force. Its solution for a constant external…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-05-08 Wilmer Olivares-Rivas , Pedro J. Colmenares

We prove cyclotron damping for the collisionless Vlasov-Maxwell equations on $\mathbb{T}_{x}^{3}\times\mathbb{R}_{v}^{3}$ under the assumptions that the electric induction is zero and $(\mathcal{\mathbf{PSC}})$ holds. It is a crucial step…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-17 Xixia Ma

Active particles in anisotropic, viscoelastic fluids experience competing stresses which guide their trajectories. An aligned suspension of particles can trigger a hydrodynamic bend instability, but the elasticity of the fluid can drive…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-06-10 Jingyi Li , Laurel Ohm , Saverio E. Spagnolie

Dielectric particles suspended in a weakly conducting fluid are known to spontaneously start rotating under the action of a sufficiently strong uniform DC electric field due to the Quincke rotation instability. This rotation can be…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-06-05 Debasish Das , Eric Lauga

We study a variant of the well known Maxwell model for viscoelastic fluids, namely we consider the Maxwell fluid with viscosity and relaxation time depending on the pressure. Such a model is relevant for example in modelling behaviour of…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2016-08-14 Satish Karra , Vít Průša , K. R. Rajagopal

We study, from first principles, the pressure exerted by an active fluid of spherical particles on general boundaries in two dimensions. We show that, despite the non-uniform pressure along curved walls, an equation of state is recovered…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-31 Nikolai Nikola , Alexandre P. Solon , Yariv Kafri , Mehran Kardar , Julien Tailleur , Raphaël Voituriez

We develop a reduced model for the slow unsteady dynamics of an isotropic chemically active particle near the threshold for spontaneous motion. Building on the steady theory developed in part I of this series, we match a weakly nonlinear…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-02-24 Gunnar G. Peng , Ory Schnitzer

We formulate a microscopic, no adjustable parameter, theory of activated relaxation in supercooled liquids directly in terms of the repulsive and attractive forces within the framework of pair correlations. Under isochoric conditions,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-07-18 Zachary E. Dell , Kenneth S. Schweizer

Suspensions of active agents with nematic interactions exhibit complex spatio-temporal dynamics such as mesoscale turbulence. Since the Reynolds number of microscopic flows is very small on the scale of individual agents, inertial effects…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-01-05 Colin-Marius Koch , Michael Wilczek

Considering two static, electrically charged, elementary particles, we demonstrate a possible way of proving that all known fundamental forces in the nature are the manifestations of the single, unique interaction. We re-define the gauging…

General Physics · Physics 2010-12-30 L. Neslusan

The electrophoresis of charged colloidal particles in fluids exhibiting odd viscosity represents a fundamental challenge in understanding transport phenomena within charge-stabilized chiral active suspensions. Here, we provide the first…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-04-10 Reinier van Buel , Bogdan Cichocki , Jeffrey C. Everts

Hydrodynamic forces acting on a neutrally-buoyant spherical particle immersed in a wall-bounded axisymmetric stagnation point flow (Hiemenz-Homann flow) are predicted, based on a suitable form of the reciprocal theorem. An approximate…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-11-24 Jacques Magnaudet , Micheline Abbas

We derive a hydrodynamic description of metric-free active matter: starting from self-propelled particles aligning with neighbors defined by "topological" rules, not metric zones, -a situation advocated recently to be relevant for bird…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-04 Anton Peshkov , Sandrine Ngo , Eric Bertin , Hugues Chaté , Francesco Ginelli

The motion of a thin elastic plate interacting with a viscous fluid is investigated. A periodic force acting on the plate is considered, which in a setting without damping could lead to a resonant response. The interaction with the viscous…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-02 Aday Celik , Mads Kyed

A new microscopic formula for the viscosity of liquids and solids is derived rigorously from a first-principles (microscopically reversible) Hamiltonian for particle-bath atomistic motion. The derivation is done within the framework of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-04-17 Alessio Zaccone

We examine swimmers comprising of two rigid spheres which oscillate periodically along their axis of symmetry, considering both when the oscillation is in phase and anti-phase, and study the effects of fluid viscoelasticity on their net…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-09-13 Charu Datt , Babak Nasouri , Gwynn J. Elfring

We consider the motion of an incompressible viscous fluid on a sphere, incorporating the effects of the Coriolis force. We demonstrate that global solutions exist for any divergence-free initial condition with finite kinetic energy.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-31 Yuanzhen Shao , Gieri Simonett , Mathias Wilke

We study the interaction of gravity waves on the surface of an infinitely deep ideal fluid. Starting from Zakharov's variational formulation for water waves we derive an expansion of the Hamiltonian to an arbitrary order, in a manner that…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-03-27 Nail S. Ussembayev

The relaxation dynamics of a model fluid of platelike colloidal particles is investigated by means of a phenomenological dynamic density functional theory. The model fluid approximates the particles within the Zwanzig model of restricted…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2011-09-14 Markus Bier , Rene van Roij

The observed behaviour of passive objects in simple flows can be surprisingly intricate, and is complicated further by object activity. Inspired by the motility of bacterial swimmers, in this two-part study we examine the three-dimensional…