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A numerical integration method for guiding-center orbits of charged particles in toroidal fusion devices with three-dimensional field geometry is described. Here, high order interpolation of electromagnetic fields in space is replaced by a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-12-11 M. Eder , C. G. Albert , L. M. P. Bauer , S. V. Kasilov , W. Kernbichler

Level set-based immersed boundary techniques operate on nonconforming meshes while providing a crisp definition of interface and external boundaries. In such techniques, an isocontour of a level set field interpolated from nodal level set…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-07-15 Jorge L. Barrera , Kurt Maute

This work expands on our recently introduced low Mach enthalpy method [1] for simulating the melting and solidification of a phase change material (PCM) alongside (or without) an ambient gas phase. The method captures PCM's volume change…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-03-11 Ramakrishnan Thirumalaisamy , Amneet Pal Singh Bhalla

We present Orbit-Space Geometric Probability Paths (OGPP), a particle-native flow-matching framework for generative modeling of particle systems. OGPP is motivated by two insights: (i) particles are defined up to permutation symmetries, so…

Graphics · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Sinan Wang , Jinjin He , Shenyifan Lu , Ruicheng Wang , Greg Turk , Bo Zhu

The phase-field method is reviewed from the general perspective of converting a free boundary problem into a set of coupled partial differential equations. Its main advantage is that it avoids front tracking by using phase fields to locate…

Floquet engineering is one of the most vigorous fields in periodically driven (Floquet) systems, with which we can control phases of matter usually by high-frequency drives. In this paper, with Floquet engineering by a combination of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-27 Kaoru Mizuta , Kazuaki Takasan , Norio Kawakami

The Covariant Phase Space Formalism (CPSF) provides a robust framework for deriving symplectic structures and surface charges in diffeomorphism-invariant theories. By construction, the CPSF operates on two distinct manifolds: the spacetime…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-17 M. Golshani , M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari , V. Taghiloo , M. H. Vahidinia

The phase field fracture method is attracting significant interest. Phase field approaches have enabled predicting - on arbitrary geometries and dimensions - complex fracture phenomena such as crack branching, coalescence, deflection and…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-04-19 Yousef Navidtehrani , Covadonga Betegón , Emilio Martínez-Pañeda

This research rigorously investigates the convergence of adaptive finite element methods for regularized variational models of quasi-static brittle fracture in elastic solids. We specifically examine a novel Ambrosio-Tortorelli (AT1)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-02 Ram Manohar , S. M. Mallikarjunaiah

Phase separation of multicomponent liquid mixtures plays an integral part in many processes ranging from industry to cellular biology. In many cases the morphology of coexisting phases is crucially linked to the function of the separated…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-11-25 Sheng Mao , Milena S. Chakraverti-Wuerthwein , Hunter Gaudio , Andrej Kosmrlj

For rapid growth in technology and automation, human tasks are being taken over by robots as robots have proven to be better with both speed and precision. One of the major and widespread usages of these robots is in the industrial…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-06-11 Ashutosh Kumar Tiwari , Sandeep Varma Nadimpalli

In this paper, we develop the constraint energy minimization generalized multiscale finite element method (CEM-GMsFEM) in mixed formulation applied to parabolic equations with heterogeneous diffusion coefficients. The construction of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-01 Yiran Wang , Eric Chung , Lina Zhao

This paper surveys the primary computational hurdles of Energy Systems optimization coming from different sources: model-induced complexity, optimization algorithm requirements, and uncertainties handling (both aleatoric and epistemic).…

We extend thresholding methods for numerical realization of mean curvature flow on obstacles to the anisotropic setting where interfacial energy depends on the orientation of the interface. This type of schemes treats the interface…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-09 Siddharth Gavhale , Karel Svadlenka

The hybrid kinetic-ion fluid-electron plasma model is widely used to study challenging multi-scale problems in space and laboratory plasma physics. Here, a novel conservative scheme for this model employing implicit particle-in-cell…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-04-13 A. Stanier , L. Chacon

In traditional topology optimization, the computing time required to iteratively update the material distribution within a design domain strongly depends on the complexity or size of the problem, limiting its application in real engineering…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Gabriel Garayalde , Matteo Torzoni , Matteo Bruggi , Alberto Corigliano

Development of particle in cell methods using finite element based methods (FEMs) have been a topic of renewed interest; this has largely been driven by (a) the ability of finite element methods to better model geometry, (b) better…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-04-13 Scott O'Connor , Zane D. Crawford , O. H. Ramachandran , John Luginsland , B. Shanker

In this work we develop a stochastic algorithm to integrate the Cahn-Hilliard equations. The algorithm is based on Gillespie's stochastic simulation algorithm, also known as kinetic Monte Carlo. The deterministic integration of the phase…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-02-14 Qianran Yu , Nicholas Julian , Jaime Marian , Enrique Martinez

The classical phase-field modeling approaches for multiphase problems represent each phase using a regularized characteristic function, which necessarily introduces a simplex constraint for the phase-field variables. Additionally, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Lun Zhang , Chenxi Wang , Nan Lu , Zhen Zhang

Understanding the contact dynamics of nonspherical particles beyond the microscale is crucial for accurately modeling colloidal and granular systems, where shape anisotropy dictates structural organization and transport properties. In this…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-03-06 Haoyuan Shi , Christopher J. Mundy , Gregory K. Schenter , Jaehun Chun