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Precise modeling soft robots remains a challenge due to their infinite-dimensional nature governed by partial differential equations. This paper introduces an innovative approach for modeling soft pneumatic actuators, employing a nonlinear…

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In this paper, a unified gas-kinetic scheme (UGKS) with simplified multi-scale numerical flux is proposed for the thermodynamic non-equilibrium flow simulation involving the excitation of molecular vibrational degrees of freedom in all flow…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-02-08 Rui Zhang , Sha Liu , Chengwen Zhong , Congshan Zhuo

The variational static formulation contributed in [International Journal of Engineering Science 143, 73-91 (2019)] is generalized in the present paper to model axial and flexural dynamic behaviors of elastic nano-beams by nonlocal strain…

The aim of this paper is to propose a new numerical model to simulate 2D vesicles interacting with a newtonian fluid. The inextensible membrane is modeled by a chain of circular rigid particles which are maintained in cohesion by using two…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-02-15 Mourad Ismail , Aline Lefebvre-Lepot

Maxwell's models for viscoelastic flows are famous for their potential to unify elastic motions of solids with viscous motions of liquids in the continuum mechanics perspective. But rigorous proofs are lacking. The present note is a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-12-21 Sébastien Boyaval

Singularly perturbed partial differential equations arise in many applications, including magnetohydrodynamic duct flows, chemical reaction transport systems, and Poisson Boltzmann electrostatics. These problems are characterized by sharp…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-01 Wei-Fan Hu , Shi-Xiang Zhong , Po-Wen Hsieh , Chung-Kai Chen , Te-Sheng Lin

We present a differentiable dynamics solver that is able to handle frictional contact for rigid and deformable objects within a unified framework. Through a principled mollification of normal and tangential contact forces, our method…

This paper aims to simulate viscoplastic flow in a shallow-water regime. We specifically use the Bingham model in which the material behaves as a solid if the stress is below a certain threshold, otherwise, it moves as a fluid. The main…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-27 Felipe Fernández , Sofía López-Ordóñez , Sergio González-Andrade

The behavior of suspensions of rigid particles in a non-Newtonian fluid is studied in the framework of a nonlinear homogenization method. Estimates for the overall properties of the composite material are obtained. In the case of a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-07-28 Xavier Chateau , Guillaume Ovarlez , Kien Luu Trung

This work presents a unified numerical framework for simulating incompressible flows within the coupled fluid-porous-medium system and involving heat and solute transport and phase-changing process. A complete set of governing equations is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-28 Rongfu Guo , Yantao Yang

We consider a system of nonlinear partial differential equations modelling the steady motion of an incompressible non-Newtonian fluid, which is chemically reacting. The governing system consists of a steady convection-diffusion equation for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-16 Seungchan Ko , Petra Pustejovská , Endre Süli

This manuscript explores a variational quantum formulation for nonlinear elasticity problems arising from hyperelastic material models, targeting near term noisy intermediate scale quantum (NISQ) devices. The approach leverages the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 Uditnarayan Kouskiya , Caglar Oskay

In this paper, we design and analyze a Virtual Element discretization for the steady motion of non-Newtonian, incompressible fluids. A specific stabilization, tailored to mimic the monotonicity and boundedness properties of the continuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-07 P. F. Antonietti , L. Beirao da Veiga , M. Botti , G. Vacca , M. Verani

In this work, we consider fluid-structure interaction simulation with nonlinear hyperelastic models in the solid part. We use a partitioned approach to deal with the coupled nonlinear fluid-structure interaction problems. We focus on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-12-20 Ulrich Langer , Huidong Yang

This work presents a unified viscoelastic-viscoplastic continuum framework for modeling rate-dependent granular flows across regimes. The formulation incorporates two distinct rate-dependent mechanisms, namely micro-inertia and viscoelastic…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-04-28 Bodhinanda Chandra , Sachith Dunatunga , Ken Kamrin

I put forward a continuum theory for active nematic gels, defined as fluids or suspensions of orientable rodlike objects endowed with active dynamics, that is based on symmetry arguments and compatibility with thermodynamics. The starting…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-11-15 Stefano S Turzi

We investigate mathematical properties of the system of nonlinear partial differential equations that describe, under certain simplifying assumptions, evolutionary processes in water-saturated granular materials. The unconsolidated solid…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-30 Anna Abbatiello , Miroslav Bulíček , Tomáš Los , Josef Málek , Ondřej Souček

A recently proposed node-based uniform strain virtual element method (NVEM) is here extended to small strain elastoplastic solids. In the proposed method, the strain is averaged at the nodes from the strain of surrounding linearly precise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-19 Rodrigo Silva-Valenzuela , Alejandro Ortiz-Bernardin , Edoardo Artioli

Modeling membrane interactions with arbitrarily shaped colloidal particles, such as environmental micro- and nanoplastics, at the cell scale remains particularly challenging, owing to the complexity of particle geometries and the need to…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-09-15 Didarul Ahasan Redwan , Justin Reicher , Xin Yong

In this paper a new integral equation solution to the elastic-plastic problem of functionally graded bars under torsional loading is presented. The formulation is general in the sense that it can be applied to an arbitrary cross-section…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-30 George C. Tsiatas , Nick G. Babouskos