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In this paper, we are concerned with the local-in-time well-posedness of a fluid-kinetic model in which the BGK model with density dependent collision frequency is coupled with the inhomogeneous Navier-Stokes equation through drag forces.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-09-25 Young-Pil Choi , Jaeseung Lee , Seok-Bae Yun

We revisit the classical stability versus accuracy dilemma for the lattice Boltzmann methods (LBM). Our goal is a stable method of second-order accuracy for fluid dynamics based on the lattice Bhatnager--Gross--Krook method (LBGK). The LBGK…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. A. Brownlee , A. N. Gorban , J. Levesley

We study the compressible Navier-Stokes system driven by physically relevant transport noise, where the noise influences both the continuity and momentum equations. Our approach is based on transforming the system into a partial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-15 D. Breit , E. Feireisl , M. Hofmanova , P. B. Mucha

A novel algorithm for the direct numerical simulation of the variable-density, low-Mach Navier-Stokes equations extending the method of Kim, Moin, and Moser (1987) for incompressible flow is presented here. A Fourier representation is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-06-22 Bryan W. Reuter , Todd A. Oliver , Robert D. Moser

The description of a stellar system as a continuous fluid represents a convenient first approximation to stellar dynamics, and its derivation from the kinetic theory is standard. The challenge lies in providing adequate closure…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Edward A. Spiegel , Jean-Luc Thiffeault

The mechanism describing the recently developed notion of kernel gravity waves (KGWs) is reviewed and such structures are employed to interpret the unstable dynamics of an example stratified plane parallel shear flow. This flow has constant…

Geophysics · Physics 2007-11-30 O. M. Umurhan , E. Heifetz , N. Harnik , F. Lott

This article extends a recently introduced kinetic closure of turbulence by developing its theoretical framework, operational realizations, and validation. In contrast with filtered Navier--Stokes formulations, filtering the Boltzmann…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-20 Francesco Marson , Orestis Malaspinas

In this paper, we present a systematic stability analysis of the quadrature-based moment method (QBMM) for the one-dimensional Boltzmann equation with BGK or Shakhov models. As reported in recent literature, the method has revealed its…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-21 Qian Huang , Shuiqing Li , Wen-An Yong

This paper considers two-dimensional stably stratified steady periodic gravity water waves with surface profiles monotonic between crests and troughs. We provide sufficient conditions under which such waves are necessarily symmetric. This…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-03-06 Samuel Walsh

The far field asymptotic of internal waves is constructed for the case when a point source of mass moves in a layer of arbitrarily stratified fluid with slowly varying bottom. The solutions obtained describe the far field both near the wave…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Vitaly V. Bulatov , Yuriy V. Vladimirov , Vasily A. Vakorin

We present a numerical formulation for the solution of non-isothermal, compressible, Navier-Stokes equations with thermal fluctuations to describe mesoscale transport phenomena in multispecies fluid mixtures. The novelty of our numerical…

From the Navier-Stokes-Korteweg (NSK) equations, the exact relations between the fundamental surface physical quantities for two-phase viscous flow with diffuse interface are derived, including density gradient, shear stress, vorticity,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-12-21 Tao Chen , Tianshu Liu

We study the iterative methods for large moment systems derived from the linearized Boltzmann equation. By Fourier analysis, it is shown that the direct application of the block symmetric Gauss-Seidel (BSGS) method has slower convergence…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-11 Xiaoyu Dong , Zhenning Cai

We address the problem of the so-called ``granular gases'', i.e. gases of massive particles in rapid movement undergoing inelastic collisions. We introduce a class of models of driven granular gases for which the stationary state is the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Puglisi , V. Loreto , U. Marini Bettolo Marconi , A. Vulpiani

The nature of MHD waves within inhomogeneous media is fundamental to understanding and interpreting wave behavior in the solar atmosphere. We investigate fast magnetoacoustic wave behavior within gravitationally stratified, magnetically…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-06 Ryan T. Smith , James A. McLaughlin , Gert J. J. Botha

In this work, we develop a modelling framework for granular flows based on the shallow water moment equations on inclined planes. Under the assumption of a polynomial expansion of the velocity field, the model extends the classical shallow…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-18 Julio Careaga , Qian Huang , Julian Koellermeier

The dynamics of a two-component dilute Bose gas of atoms at zero temperature is described in the mean field approximation by a two-component Gross-Pitaevskii Equation. We solve this equation assuming a Gaussian shape for the wavefunction,…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-31 Th. Busch , J. I. Cirac , V. M. Perez-Garcia , P. Zoller

In this work, closure of the Boltzmann--BGK moment hierarchy is accomplished via projection of the distribution function $f$ onto a space $\mathbb{H}^{N}$ spanned by $N$-order Hermite polynomials. While successive order approximations…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2010-02-15 Carlos E. Colosqui

We consider systems of particles coupled with fluids. The particles are described by the evolution of their density, and the fluid is described by the Navier-Stokes equations. The particles add stress to the fluid and the fluid carries and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-11-11 Peter Constantin , Charles Fefferman , Edriss Titi , Arghir Zarnescu

A hydrodynamic description for an $s$-component mixture of inelastic, smooth hard disks (two dimensions) or spheres (three dimensions) is derived based on the revised Enskog theory for the single-particle velocity distribution functions. In…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. Garzo , J. W. Dufty , C. M. Hrenya