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We develop a numerical hydrodynamics code using a pseudo-Newtonian formulation that uses the weak field approximation for the geometry, and a generalized source term for the Poisson equation that takes into account relativistic effects. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 Jinho Kim , Hee Il Kim , Matthew William Choptuik , Hyung Mok Lee

We present a hydrodynamical code based on the Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics technique implemented in an AP3M code aimed at solving the hydrodynamical and gravitational equations in a cosmological frame. We analyze the ability of the code to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 P. B. Tissera , D. G. Lambas , M. G. Abadi

The methods in the Gasoline2 Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) code are described and tested. Gasoline2 is the most recent version of the Gasoline code for parallel hydrodynamics and gravity with identical hydrodynamics to the Changa…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-13 James W. Wadsley , Benjamin W. Keller , Thomas R. Quinn

A novel numerical formulation for solving fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems is proposed where the fluid field is spatially discretized using smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) and the structural field using the finite element…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-06-16 Sebastian L. Fuchs , Christoph Meier , Wolfgang A. Wall , Christian J. Cyron

A complete and detailed knowledge of the structure of the gaseous component in protoplanetary discs is essential to the study of dust evolution during the early phases of pre-planetesimal formation. The aim of this paper is to determine if…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Serena Arena , Jean-François Gonzalez

These lecture notes and example problems are based on a course given at the University of Cambridge in Part III of the Mathematical Tripos. Fluid dynamics is involved in a very wide range of astrophysical phenomena, such as the formation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-25 Gordon I. Ogilvie

We present a new code for solving the coupled Einstein-hydrodynamics equations to evolve relativistic, self-gravitating fluids. The Einstein field equations are solved on one grid using pseudospectral methods, while the fluids are evolved…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-15 Matthew D. Duez , Lawrence E. Kidder , Saul A. Teukolsky

This review is a short introduction to numerical hydrodynamics in a cosmological context, intended for the non specialist. The main processes relevant to galaxy formation are first presented. The fluid equations are then introduced, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Giuseppe Tormen

We present a new algorithm for simulating two-fluid gas and dust mixtures in Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), systematically addressing a number of key issues including the generalised SPH density estimate in multi-fluid systems, the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Guillaume Laibe , Daniel J. Price

The weakly compressible Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) is known to suffer from the pressure oscillation, which would undermine the simulation stability and accuracy. To address this issue, we propose a generalized density dissipation…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-08-30 Bo Xue Zheng , Zhi Wen Cai , Pei Dong Zhao , Xiao Yang Xu , Tak Shing Chan , Peng Yu

We introduce CRK-HACC, an extension of the Hardware/Hybrid Accelerated Cosmology Code (HACC), to resolve gas hydrodynamics in large-scale structure formation simulations of the universe. The new framework couples the HACC gravitational…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-01 Nicholas Frontiere , J. D. Emberson , Michael Buehlmann , Joseph Adamo , Salman Habib , Katrin Heitmann , Claude-André Faucher-Giguère

Various formulations of smooth-particle hydrodynamics (SPH) have been proposed, intended to resolve certain difficulties in the treatment of fluid mixing instabilities. Most have involved changes to the algorithm which either introduce…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-19 Philip F. Hopkins

We discuss the ability of the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method combined with a grid-based solver for the Poisson equation to model mass accretion onto protostars in gravitationally unstable protostellar discs. We scrutinize…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-06 Olga P. Stoyanovskaya , Nikolay V. Snytnikov , Valeriy N. Snytnikov

We present a novel scheme for modelling quantum plasmas in the warm dense matter (WDM) regime via a hybrid smoothed particle hydrodynamic - molecular dynamic treatment, here referred to as 'Bohm SPH'. This treatment is founded upon Bohm's…

A weakly magnetized neutron star (NS) undergoing disk accretion should release about a half of its power in a compact region known as the accretion boundary layer. Latitudinal spread of the accreted matter and efficient radiative cooling…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-08 Aleksandr Rusakov , Pavel Abolmasov , Omer Bromberg

We present pkdgrav3, a high-performance, fully parallel tree-SPH code designed for large-scale hydrodynamic simulations including self-gravity. Building upon the long development history of pkdgrav, the code combines an efficient…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-14 Thomas Meier , Douglas Potter , Christian Reinhardt , Joachim Stadel

Simulating particle dynamics with high fidelity is crucial for solving real-world interaction and control tasks involving liquids in design, graphics, and robotics. Recently, data-driven approaches, particularly those based on graph neural…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Niteesh Midlagajni , Constantin A. Rothkopf

A novel stochastic fluid model is proposed with non-ideal structure factor consistent with compressibility, and adjustable transport coefficients. This Stochastic Hard Sphere Dynamics (SHSD) algorithm is a modification of the Direct…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 Aleksandar Donev , Berni J. Alder , Alejandro L. Garcia

Granular dynamics driven by fluid flow is ubiquitous in many industrial and natural processes, such as fluvial and coastal sediment transport. Yet, their complex multiphysics nature challenges the accuracy and efficiency of numerical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-08 Mojtaba Jandaghian , Ahmad Shakibaeinia

We present the smoothed-particle hydrodynamics implementation SPHGal, which combines some recently proposed improvements in GADGET. This includes a pressure-entropy formulation with a Wendland kernel, a higher order estimate of velocity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-30 Chia-Yu Hu , Thorsten Naab , Stefanie Walch , Benjamin P. Moster , Ludwig Oser