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A classic problem of the motion of a projectile thrown at an angle to the horizon in a medium with a quadratic resistance law is studied. An approximate analytical solution of the equations of projectile motion is presented, which has a…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-05-04 Peter Chudinov

We study the non-equilibrium steady-states of a one-dimensional ($1D1V$) fluid in a finite space region of length $L$. Particles interact among themselves by multi-particle collisions and are in contact with two thermal-wall heat…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-03-08 Stefano Lepri , Guido Ciraolo , Pierfrancesco Di Cintio , Jamie Gunn , Roberto Livi

The problem of $N$ particles interacting through pairwise central forces is notoriously intractable for $N\geq3$. Some quite remarkable specific cases have been solved in one dimension, whereas higher-dimensional exactly solved systems…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-10-24 A. Botero , F. Leyvraz

We present a numerical study of classical particles diffusing on a solid surface. The particles' motion is modeled by an underdamped Langevin equation with ordinary thermal noise. The particle-surface interaction is described by a periodic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. M. Sancho , A. M. Lacasta , K. Lindenberg , I. M. Sokolov , A. H. Romero

Two questions related to elastic motions are raised and addressed. First: in which theoretical framework can the equations of motion be written for an elastic half-space put into uniform rotation? It is seen that nonlinear finite elasticity…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-06-04 Michel Destrade , Giuseppe Saccomandi

A solution of the n-body problem in R^d is a relative equilibrium if all of the mutual distance between the bodies are constant. In other words, the bodies undergo a rigid motion. Here we investigate the possibility of partially rigid…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-07-26 Richard Moeckel

We consider the problem of motion of a rigid body about a fixed point under the action of an axisymmetric combination of potential and gyroscopic forces. We introduce a new integrable case, valid on zero level of the cyclic integral, that…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-06-15 Hamad M. Yehia , Adel A. Elmandouh

An articulated body is defined as a finite number of rigid bodies connected by a set of arbitrary constraints that limit the relative motion between pairs of bodies. Such a general definition encompasses a wide variety of situations in the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-07-12 Florencio Balboa Usabiaga , Blaise Delmotte

We investigate systems of degenerate parabolic equations idealizing reactive solute transport in porous media. Taking advantage of the inherent structure of the system that allows to deduce a scalar Generalized Porous Medium Equation for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-12-19 Tuomo Kuusi , Léonard Monsaingeon , Juha Videman

We study the motion of a massive particle in a quenched random environment at zero temperature. The distribution of particle positions is investigated numerically and special focus is placed on the mean stopping distance and its…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Sune Jespersen , Hans C. Fogedby

In this paper we establish the existence of solutions for a model describing the evolution of a linearly viscoelastic body which is constrained to remain confined in a prescribed half-space. The confinement condition under consideration is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Paolo Piersanti

When particle speeds are large the motion of a collisionless plasma is modeled by the relativistic Vlasov Maxwell system. Large time behavior of solutions which depend on one position variable and two momentum variables is considered. In…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-01-02 Robert Glassey , Stephen Pankavich , Jack Schaeffer

In this article, I discuss the motion of $N$ point masses in non-relativistic mechanics, when the interaction between them is purely the Newtonian gravitational interaction, with $N$ greater than or equal to 2. The dynamical equations of…

Popular Physics · Physics 2023-09-15 Deepak Dhar

We study a simple microscopic model for the one-dimensional stochastic motion of a (non)relativistic Brownian particle, embedded into a heat bath consisting of (non)relativistic particles. The stationary momentum distributions are…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jörn Dunkel , Peter Hänggi

Starting from a model of an elastic medium, we derive equations of motion that are identical in form to Dirac's equation for a spin 1/2 particle with mass, coupled to electromagnetic and gravitational interactions. The mass and…

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We report an experimental study of particle kinematics in a 3-dimensional system of inelastic spheres fluidized by intense vibration. The motion of particles in the interior of the medium is tracked by high speed video imaging, yielding a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-01-11 Hong-Qiang Wang , Klebert Feitosa , Narayanan Menon

Using well-known mathematical foundations of the elasticity theory, a mathematical model for two solutes transport in a poroelastic material (soft tissue is a typical example) is suggested. It is assumed that molecules of essentially…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-03-04 Roman Cherniha , Joanna Stachowska-Pietka , Jacek Waniewski

When addressing spatial biological questions using mathematical models, symmetries within the system are often exploited to simplify the problem by reducing its physical dimension. In a reduced-dimension model molecular movement is…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2025-02-17 Natasha S. Savage

We give a straightforward and divergence free derivation of the equation of motion for a small but finite object in an arbitrary background using strong field point particle limit. The resulting equation becomes a generalized geodesic for a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Takashi Fukumoto , Toshifumi Futamase , Yousuke Itoh

I propose a model of mutually interacting particles on an M-dimensional unit sphere. I derive the dynamics of the particles by extending the dynamics of the Kuramoto-Sakaguchi model. The dynamics include a natural-frequency matrix, which…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2014-02-10 Takuma Tanaka