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A quantum thermodynamic system is described by a Hamiltonian and a list of conserved, non-commuting charges, and a fundamental goal is to determine the minimum energy of the system subject to constraints on the charges. Recently, [Liu et…

A diffusion interface two-phase magnetohydrodynamic model has been used for matched densities in our previous work [1,2], which may limit the applications of the model. In this work, we derive a thermodynamically consistent diffuse…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-13 Ke Zhang

We revisit second-order-in-time space-time discretizations of the linear and semilinear wave equations by establishing precise equivalences with first-order-in-time formulations. Focusing on schemes using continuous piecewise-polynomial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-07 Matteo Ferrari , Ilaria Perugia , Enrico Zampa

We propose a new class of finite element approximations to ideal compressible magnetohydrodynamic equations in smooth regime. Following variational approximations developed for fluid models in the last decade, our discretizations are built…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-29 Valentin Carlier , Martin Campos-Pinto

Symmetry-preserving (mimetic) discretization aims to preserve certain properties of a continuous differential operator in its discrete counterpart. For these discretizations, stability and (discrete) conservation of mass, momentum and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-13 Bas van 't Hof , Mathea J. Vuik

Magnetic particles underpin a broad range of technologies, from water purification and mineral processing to bioseparations and targeted drug delivery. The dynamics of magnetic particles in high-gradient magnetic fields-encompassing both…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-14 Marko Tesanovic , Daniel M. Markiewitz , Marcus L. Popp , Martin Z. Bazant , Sonja Berensmeier

Two-fluid relativistic plasma flow equations combine the equations of relativistic hydrodynamics with Maxwell's equations for electromagnetic fields, which involve divergence constraints for the magnetic and electric fields. When developing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-27 Jaya Agnihotri , Deepak Bhoriya , Harish Kumar , Praveen Chandrashekar , Dinshaw S. Balsara

Starting from the stochastic thermodynamics description of two coupled underdamped Brownian particles, we showcase and compare three different coarse-graining schemes leading to an effective thermodynamic description for the first of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-02-20 Tim Herpich , Kamran Shayanfard , Massimiliano Esposito

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

For discretisations of hyperbolic conservation laws, mimicking properties of operators or solutions at the continuous (differential equation) level discretely has resulted in several successful methods. While well-posedness for nonlinear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-22 Hendrik Ranocha

This paper presents a thermodynamically consistent model for multicomponent electrolyte solutions. The first part of this paper derives the general governing equations for nonequilibrium systems within the theory of nonequilibrium…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-05-25 Matthias Herz , Peter Knabner

We present a new temporal discretization paradigm for developing energy-production-rate preserving numerical approximations to thermodynamically consistent partial differential equation systems, called the supplementary variable method. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-09 Yuezheng Gong , Qi Hong , Qi Wang

We study by means of numerical simulations the model of dissipative particle dynamics with energy conservation for the simple case of thermal conduction. It is shown that the model displays correct equilibrium fluctuations and reproduces…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-31 Marisol Ripoll , Pep Español , Matthieu H. Ernst

We present an efficient second-order finite difference scheme for solving the 2D sine-Gordon equation, which can inherit the discrete energy conservation for the undamped model theoretically. Due to the semi-implicit treatment for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-28 Xiaorong Kang , Wenqiang Feng , Kelong Cheng , Chunxiang Guo

In this paper, an energy-consistent finite difference scheme for the compressible hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations is introduced. For the compressible magnetohydrodynamics, an energy-consistent finite difference…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-04-07 Haruhisa Iijima

We develop an unconditionally energy-stable tensor-product space-time discretization framework for the solution of a linear kinetic transport equation in one space dimension. The kinetic equation is a simplified model of radiative transfer…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-24 Anita Gjesteland , Sigrun Ortleb , Salim Elghawi , David C. Del Rey Fernández

We study the phase behavior of diblock copolymers in presence of an external electric field. We employ self-consistent field theory and treat the relevant Maxwell equation as an additional self-consistent equation. Because we do not treat…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-06-23 Chin-Yet Lin , Michael Schick , David Andelman

We develop a hybrid spatial discretization for the wave equation in second order form, based on high-order accurate finite difference methods and discontinuous Galerkin methods. The hybridization combines computational efficiency of finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-10-26 Siyang Wang , Gunilla Kreiss

The Cahn-Hilliard equation and extensions, notably the Cahn-Hilliard-Darcy and Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes systems, provide widely used frameworks for coupling interfacial thermodynamics with flow. This review surveys the thermodynamic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Aaron Brunk , Marco F. P. ten Eikelder , Marvin Fritz , Dennis Höhn , Dennis Trautwein

We study the numerical solution of a Cahn-Hilliard/Allen-Cahn system with strong coupling through state and gradient dependent non-diagonal mobility matrices. A fully discrete approximation scheme in space and time is proposed which…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-02 Aaron Brunk , Herbert Egger , Oliver Habrich