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We introduce a new family of high order accurate semi-implicit schemes for the solution of non-linear hyperbolic partial differential equations on unstructured polygonal meshes. The time discretization is based on a splitting between…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-11 Walter Boscheri , Andrea Chiozzi , Michele Giuliano Carlino , Giulia Bertaglia

The Phase-Field Method (PFM) is employed to simulate two-phase flows with the fully-coupled Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes (CHNS) equations governing the temporal evolution. The methodology minimizes the total energy functional, accounting for…

A hybrid sharp-interface immersed-boundary/front-tracking (IB/FT) method is developed for interface-resolved simulation of evaporating droplets in incompressible multiphase flows. A one-field formulation is used to solve the flow, species…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-30 Faraz Salimnezhad , Hasret Turkeri , Iskender Gokalp , Metin Muradoglu

Knowledge of the underlying mechanisms of multiphase flow dynamics in porous media is crucial for optimizing subsurface engineering applications like geological carbon sequestration. However, studying the micro-mechanisms of multiphase…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-08-01 Quanwei Dai , Kang Duan , Chung-Yee Kwok

This paper introduces a framework for solving alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) problems using graphics processing units (GPUs). While GPUs have demonstrated remarkable performance in various computing domains, their…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-11 Sungho Shin , François Pacaud , Mihai Anitescu

In this paper, we consider a non-local (in time) two-phase flow model. The non-locality is introduced through the wettability alteration induced dynamic capillary pressure function. We present a monotone fixed-point iterative linearization…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-10-02 Abay M. Kassa , Kundan Kumar , Sarah E. Gasda , Florin A. Radu

We developed a sharp interface level-set approach for two-phase immiscible flow with moving contact lines. The Cox-Voinov model is used to describe the moving contact line. A piecewise linear interface method is used to construct the signed…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-10-26 Moataz O. Abu-Al-Saud , Cyprien Soulaine , Amir Riaz , Hamdi A. Tchelepi

To spontaneously break their intrinsic symmetry and self-propel at the micron scale, isotropic active colloidal particles and droplets exploit the non-linear convective transport of chemical solutes emitted/consumed at their surface by the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-06-22 Francesco Picella , Sebastien Michelin

We consider a computational model for complex-fluid-solid interaction based on a diffuse-interface model for the complex fluid and a hyperelastic-material model for the solid. The diffuse-interface complex-fluid model is described by the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-10-09 E. H. van Brummelen , M. Shokrpour-Roudbari , G. J. van Zwieten

The gVOF package includes a complete and self-contained set of routines for volume of fluid initialization, interface reconstruction and fluid advection, which are used to implement several accurate and efficient geometric volume of fluid…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-05-25 Joaquín López , Julio Hernández

A volume penalization-based immersed boundary technique is developed and thoroughly validated for fluid flow problems, specifically flow over bluff bodies. The proposed algorithm has been implemented in an Open Source Field Operation and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-09-19 Prashant Kumar , Vivek Kumar , Di Chen , Yosuke Hasegawa

The geometric motion of small droplets placed on an impermeable textured substrate is mainly driven by the capillary effect, the competition among surface tensions of three phases at the moving contact lines, and the impermeable substrate…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-08 Yuan Gao , Jian-Guo Liu

There is mounting evidence indicating that relaxation dynamics in liquids approaching their glass transition not only becomes increasingly cooperative (1,2) but the relaxing regions also become more compact in shape(3-7). While the surface…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-02-21 Divya Ganapathi , Hima K Nagamanasa , A. K. Sood , Rajesh Ganapathy

Capillary phenomena are involved in many industrial processes, especially those dealing with composite manufacturing. However, their modelling is still challenging. Therefore, a finite element setting is proposed to better investigate this…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-11-28 Julien Bruchon , Yujie Liu , Nicolas Moulin

A simulation framework based on the level-set and the immersed boundary methods (LS-IBM) has been developed for reactive transport problems in porous media involving a moving solid-fluid interface. The interface movement due to surface…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-04-13 Mehrdad Yousefzadeh , Yinuo Yao , Ilenia Battiato

The Immersed Boundary Method (IBM) is one of the popular one-fluid mixed Eulerian-Lagrangian methods to simulate motion of droplets. While the treatment of a moving complex boundary is an extremely time consuming and formidable task in a…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-07-30 Chia Rui Ong , Hiroaki Miura

The breakup dynamics of a capillary bridge on a hydrophobic stripe between two hydrophilic stripes is studied experimentally and numerically using direct numerical simulations. The capillary bridge is formed from an evaporating water…

We develop a time-dependent conformal method to study the effect of viscosity on steep surface waves. When the effect of surface tension is included, numerical solutions are found that contain highly oscillatory parasitic capillary ripples.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-01-14 Josh Shelton , Paul Milewski , Philippe H. Trinh

Real-time fluid and aeroacoustic simulation on complex surfaces can have interactive applications - from globe-based weather visualizations to immersive computer games with physically accurate wind and sound. However, conventional…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-23 Madhusraba Sinha , Jan Stratmann

Our understanding of both structure and dynamics of adsorbed liquids heavily relies on the capillary wave Hamiltonian, but a thorough test of this model is still lacking. Here we study the capillary wave fluctuations of a liquid film with…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-09-06 Luis G. MacDowell , Jorge Benet , Nebil A. Katcho