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Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a specialised branch of fluid mechanics that utilises numerical methods and algorithms to solve and analyze fluid-flow problems. One promising avenue to enhance CFD is the use of quantum computing,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 Javier Gonzalez-Conde , Dylan Lewis , Sachin S. Bharadwaj , Mikel Sanz

A new algorithm for solving the Navier-Stokes equations (NSE) on a quantum device is presented. For the fluid flow equations the stream function-vorticity formulation is adopted, while the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is utilized for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-21 Ljubomir Budinski

Digital quantum computers provide a computational framework for solving the Schr\"{o}dinger equation for a variety of many-particle systems. Quantum computing algorithms for the quantum simulation of these systems have recently witnessed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-21 Mario Motta , Julia Rice

Vortex interactions are commonly observed in atmospheric turbulence, plasma dynamics, and collective behaviors in biological systems. However, accurately simulating these complex interactions is highly challenging due to the need to capture…

Algorithms are described for efficiently simulating quantum mechanical systems on quantum computers. A class of algorithms for simulating the Schrodinger equation for interacting many-body systems are presented in some detail. These…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Bruce M. Boghosian , Washington Taylor

Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations are crucial in industrial applications but require extensive computational resources, particularly for extreme turbulent regimes. While classical digital approaches remain the standard, quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-18 Francesco Turro , Alessandra Lignarolo , Daniele Dragoni

For quantum computing (QC) to emerge as a practically indispensable computational tool, there is a need for quantum protocols with an end-to-end practical applications -- in this instance, fluid dynamics. We debut here a high performance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-05 Sachin S. Bharadwaj , Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

Flow models are a cornerstone of modern machine learning. They are generative models that progressively transform probability distributions according to learned dynamics. Specifically, they learn a continuous-time Markov process that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-10 David Layden , Ryan Sweke , Vojtěch Havlíček , Anirban Chowdhury , Kirill Neklyudov

A new model of nonlinear charged quantum relativistic fluids is presented. This model can be discretized into Discrete Time Quantum Walks (DTQWs), and a new hybrid (quantum-classical) algorithm for implementing these walks on NISQ devices…

This paper describes a work in progress about software and hardware architecture to steer and control an ongoing fluid simulation in a context of a serious game application. We propose to use the Lattice Boltzmann Method as the simulation…

Graphics · Computer Science 2019-12-11 Mengchen Wang , Nicolas Ferey , Patrick Bourdot , Frederic Magoules

To simulate plasma phenomena, large-scale computational resources have been employed in developing high-precision and high-resolution plasma simulations. One of the main obstacles in plasma simulations is the requirement of computational…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-17 Hayato Higuchi , Yuki Ito , Kazuki Sakamoto , Keisuke Fujii , Akimasa Yoshikawa

We attempt the use of a unitary operator to approximate the lattice Boltzmann collision operator. We use a modified amplitude encoding to bypass the renormalization that would have required classical processing at every step (thus eroding…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-08 Wael Itani , Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

We present a general approach to the classical dynamical systems simulation. This approach is based on classical systems extension to quantum states. The proposed theory can be applied to analysis of multiple (including non-Hamiltonian)…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2019-06-18 Yu. I. Bogdanov , N. A. Bogdanova , D. V. Fastovets , V. F. Lukichev

Simulation of realistic classical mechanical systems is of great importance to many areas of engineering such as robotics, dynamics of rotating machinery and control theory. In this work, we develop quantum algorithms to estimate quantities…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-12 Hari Krovi

We discuss the viability of ensemble simulations of fluid flows on quantum computers. The basic idea is to formulate a functional Liouville equation for the probability distribution of the flow field configuration and recognize that, due to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-13 Sauro Succi , Wael Itani , Katepalli R. Sreenivasan , Rene Steijl

Quantum Computing promises accelerated simulation of certain classes of problems, in particular in plasma physics. Given the nascent interest in applying quantum computing techniques to study plasma systems, a compendium of the relevant…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-02-02 Óscar Amaro , Diogo Cruz

The computational cost of exact methods for quantum simulation using classical computers grows exponentially with system size. As a consequence, these techniques can only be applied to small systems. By contrast, we demonstrate that quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-12-17 Ivan Kassal , Stephen P. Jordan , Peter J. Love , Masoud Mohseni , Alán Aspuru-Guzik

A number of recent studies have proposed that linear representations are appropriate for solving nonlinear dynamical systems with quantum computers, which fundamentally act linearly on a wave function in a Hilbert space. Linear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-10 Yen Ting Lin , Robert B. Lowrie , Denis Aslangil , Yiğit Subaşı , Andrew T. Sornborger

We introduce a classical-quantum hybrid approach to computation, allowing for a quadratic performance improvement in the decision process of a learning agent. In particular, a quantum routine is described, which encodes on a quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-22 A. Sannia , A. Giordano , N. Lo Gullo , C. Mastroianni , F. Plastina

This study examines the potential for fault-tolerant quantum computers to provide utility in fluid dynamics simulations, with a focus on drag force calculations for ship hull design. We assess whether quantum algorithms can surpass…