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Fluid flows are omnipresent in nature and engineering disciplines. The reliable computation of fluids has been a long-lasting challenge due to nonlinear interactions over multiple spatio-temporal scales. The compressible Navier-Stokes…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-12-10 Deniz A. Bezgin , Aaron B. Buhendwa , Nikolaus A. Adams

We present a particle method for estimating the curvature of interfaces in volume-of-fluid simulations of multiphase flows. The method is well suited for under-resolved interfaces, and it is shown to be more accurate than the parabolic…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-01-23 Petr Karnakov , Sergey Litvinov , Petros Koumoutsakos

Pulsatile fluid flows through straight pipes undergo a sudden transition to turbulence that is extremely difficult to predict. The difficulty stems here from the linear Floquet stability of the laminar flow up to large Reynolds numbers,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-14 Patrick Keuchel , Marc Avila

This paper studies the characteristics and applicability of the CutFEM approach as the core of a robust topology optimization framework for 3D laminar incompressible flow and species transport problems at low Reynolds number (Re < 200).…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-09 Hernan Villanueva , Kurt Maute

Currently, Eulerian flow solvers are very efficient in accurately resolving flow structures near solid boundaries. On the other hand, they tend to be diffusive and to dampen high-intensity vortical structures after a short distance away…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-05 Artur Palha , Lento Manickathan , Carlos Simao Ferreira , Gerard van Bussel

Accurate and efficient prediction of multi-scale flows remains a formidable challenge. Constructing theoretical models and numerical methods often involves the design and optimization of parameters. While gradient descent methods have been…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-02-10 Tianbai Xiao

Topology optimization is concerned with the identification of optimal shapes of deformable bodies with respect to given target functionals. The focus of this paper is on a topology optimization problem for a time-evolving elastoplastic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-21 Stefano Almi , Ulisse Stefanelli

We consider a class of optimization problems on the space of probability measures motivated by the mean-field approach to studying neural networks. Such problems can be solved by constructing continuous-time gradient flows that converge to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-18 Petra Lazić , Linshan Liu , Mateusz B. Majka

Efficient simulation of the Navier-Stokes equations for fluid flow is a long standing problem in applied mathematics, for which state-of-the-art methods require large compute resources. In this work, we propose a data-driven approach that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-11-10 Jonathan Tompson , Kristofer Schlachter , Pablo Sprechmann , Ken Perlin

We propose a novel Particle Flow Map (PFM) method to enable accurate long-range advection for incompressible fluid simulation. The foundation of our method is the observation that a particle trajectory generated in a forward simulation…

Graphics · Computer Science 2024-05-17 Junwei Zhou , Duowen Chen , Molin Deng , Yitong Deng , Yuchen Sun , Sinan Wang , Shiying Xiong , Bo Zhu

Accurate mesh-free simulation of fluid flows involving complex boundaries requires that the boundaries be captured accurately in terms of particles. In the context of incompressible/weakly-compressible fluid flow, the SPH method is more…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-05-06 Pawan Negi , Prabhu Ramachandran

We study an optimization problem related to the approximation of given data by a linear combination of transformed modes. In the simplest case, the optimization problem reduces to a minimization problem well-studied in the context of proper…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-12 Felix Black , Philipp Schulze , Benjamin Unger

Multi-fluid flows are found in various industrial processes, including metal injection molding and 3D printing. The accuracy of multi-fluid flow modeling is determined by how well interfaces and capillary forces are represented. In this…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-10 Michel Nohra , Steven Dufour

We propose a fluid-based topology optimization methodology for convective heat-transfer problems that can manage an extensive number of design variables, enabling the fine geometric features required for the next generation of…

In this paper, a three-dimensional numerical solver is developed for suspensions of rigid and soft particles and droplets in viscoelastic and elastoviscoplastic (EVP) fluids. The presented algorithm is designed to allow for the first time…

We derive novel algorithms for optimization problems constrained by partial differential equations describing multiscale particle dynamics, including non-local integral terms representing interactions between particles. In particular, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-09 Mildred Aduamoah , Benjamin D. Goddard , John W. Pearson , Jonna C. Roden

We construct a new finite difference method for the flow of ideal viscous isentropic gas in one spatial dimension. For the continuity equation, the method is a standard upwind discretization. For the momentum equation, the method is an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-03-13 Trygve K. Karper

A new class of integro-partial differential equation models is derived for the prediction of granular flow dynamics. These models are obtained using a novel limiting averaging method (inspired by techniques employed in the derivation of…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-26 Denis Blackmore , Roman Samulyak , Anthony Rosato

Turbulence accounts for most of the energy losses associated with the pumping of fluids in pipes. Pulsatile drivings can reduce the drag and energy consumption required to supply a desired mass flux, when compared to steady driving.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-15 Felix Kranz , Daniel Morón , Marc Avila

Efficient particle sorting in microfluidic systems is vital for advancements in biomedical diagnostics and industrial applications. This study numerically investigates particle migration and passive sorting in symmetric serpentine…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-09-16 Sayan Karmakar , Anish Pal , Sourav Sarkar , Achintya Mukhopadhyay