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This study introduces a novel point-wise diffusion model that processes spatio-temporal points independently to efficiently predict complex physical systems with shape variations. This methodological contribution lies in applying forward…

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We use a novel non-equilibrium algorithm to simulate steady-state fluid transport through a two-dimensional (2D) membrane due to a concentration gradient by molecular dynamics (MD) for the first time. We confirm that, as required by the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-12-06 Daniel J. Rankin , David M. Huang

In this paper, a diffuse-interface lattice Boltzmann method (DI-LBM) is developed for fluid-particle interaction problems. In this method, the sharp interface between the fluid and solid is replaced by a thin but nonzero thickness…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-06-17 Jiao Liu , Changsheng Huang , Zhenhua Chai , Baochang Shi

Flexible elastic structures, such as beams, rods, ribbons, plates, and shells, exhibit complex nonlinear dynamical behaviors that are central to a wide range of engineering and scientific applications, including soft robotics, deployable…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-04-16 Weicheng Huang , Zhuonan Hao , Jiahao Li , Dezhong Tong , Kexin Guo , Yingchao Zhang , Huajian Gao , K. Jimmy Hsia , Mingchao Liu

In this article, we propose a novel conservative diffuse-interface method for the simulation of immiscible compressible two-phase flows. The proposed method discretely conserves the mass of each phase, momentum and total energy of the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-06-11 Suhas S. Jain , Ali Mani , Parviz Moin

We extend the Balancing Domain Decomposition by Constraints (BDDC) method to flows in porous media discretised by mixed-hybrid finite elements with combined mesh dimensions. Such discretisations appear when major geological fractures are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-11-24 Jakub Šístek , Jan Březina , Bedřich Sousedík

Diffuse domain methods (DDMs) have garnered significant attention for approximating solutions to partial differential equations on complex geometries. These methods implicitly represent the geometry by replacing the sharp boundary interface…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-25 Toai Luong , Tadele Mengesha , Steven M. Wise , Ming Hei Wong

Energy distributions of high frequency linear wave fields are often modelled in terms of flow or transport equations with ray dynamics given by a Hamiltonian vector field in phase space. Applications arise in underwater and room acoustics,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2014-08-12 David Chappell , Gregor Tanner , Niels Sondergaard , Dominik Loechel

An important ingredient of any moving-mesh method for fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems is the mesh deformation technique (MDT) used to adapt the computational mesh in the moving fluid domain. An ideal technique is computationally…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-06-26 Alexander Shamanskiy , Bernd Simeon

In this paper, a pore-scale network modeling method, based on the flow continuity residual in conjunction with a Newton-Raphson non-linear iterative solving technique, is proposed and used to obtain the pressure and flow fields in a network…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-12-02 Taha Sochi

We investigate interfacial fluid dynamics and heat transfer at nanoscales using an improved diffuse interface approach for liquid-vapor interfaces in non-equilibrium. Conventional Navier-Stokes-Korteweg (NSK) formulations often fail to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-03-11 Rahul Bhattacharjee , Henning Struchtrup , Anirudh Singh Rana

We derive a novel thermodynamically consistent Navier--Stokes--Cahn--Hilliard system with dynamic boundary conditions. This model describes the motion of viscous incompressible binary fluids with different densities. In contrast to previous…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-25 Andrea Giorgini , Patrik Knopf

Variational multiscale (VMS) methods offer a robust framework for handling under-resolved flow scales without resorting to problem-specific turbulence models. Here, we propose and assess a dynamic, term-by-term VMS stabilized formulation…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-02-06 Diego Escobar , Douglas Pacheco , Alejando Aguirre , Ernesto Castillo

We integrate in closed implicit form the Navier-Stokes equations for an incompressible fluid and the kinematical dynamo equation, in smooth manifolds and Euclidean space. This integration is carried out by applying Stochastic Differential…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Diego L. Rapoport

Surfactants reside at the interface of two-phase flows and significantly influence the flow dynamics. Numerical simulations are essential for a comprehensive understanding of such surfactant-laden flows and require a method that can…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-20 Shu Yamashita , Shintaro Matsushita , Tetsuya Suekane

We present a multiscale simulation algorithm for amorphous materials, which we illustrate and validate in a canonical case of dense granular flow. Our algorithm is based on the recently proposed Spot Model, where particles in a dense random…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 Chris H. Rycroft , Martin Z. Bazant , Gary S. Grest , James W. Landry

To study simultaneously the hydrodynamic and thermodynamic behaviors in compressible flow systems with spherical or cylindrical symmetry, we present a theoretical framework for constructing Discrete Boltzmann Model(DBM) with spherical or…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-04-01 Aiguo Xu , Guangcai Zhang , Chuandong Lin

The gradient discretisation method (GDM) is a generic framework for designing and analysing numerical schemes for diffusion models. In this paper, we study the GDM for the porous medium equation, including fast diffusion and slow diffusion…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-02 Jerome Droniou , Kim-Ngan Le

Generative diffusion models have achieved remarkable success in producing high-quality images. However, these models typically operate in continuous intensity spaces, diffusing independently across pixels and color channels. As a result,…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Javier E. Santos , Agnese Marcato , Roman Colman , Nicholas Lubbers , Yen Ting Lin

We propose a systematic formulation of the migration behaviors of a vesicle in a Poiseuille flow based on Onsager's variational principle. Our model is described by a combination of the phase field theory for the vesicle and the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-11-03 Yutaka Oya , Toshihiro Kawakatsu