The Effect of Corneal Topography and Mucins on Tear Film RuptureTear film rupture on the corneal surface plays a critical role in ocular health and visual comfort. Conventional theoretical approaches often idealize the cornea as a perfectly smooth surface,…Deepak Kumar, S Pushpavanam·Mar 19, 2026SaveLearn
Sub-Yield Dynamics in Yield-Stress MaterialsThe mechanical response of yield-stress materials below the yield point remains a subject of debate. Two of the most widely used constitutive models for these materials offer fundamentally…Alice Woodbridge, Kasra Amini, Fredrik Lundell et al.·Mar 18, 2026SaveLearn
Coalescence of viscous blisters under an elastic sheetWe study the coalescence of identical viscous blisters beneath an elastic sheet both experimentally and numerically. Using a time-resolved synthetic schlieren technique, we measure the evolution of…W-E. Khatla, L. Duchemin, A. Eddi et al.·Mar 18, 2026SaveLearn
Adaptive near-contact repulsion in conservative Allen-Cahn phase-field lattice Boltzmann multiphase modelUnresolved thin-film dynamics often causes spurious coalescence in diffuse-interface simulations of multiphase flows. We address this issue by introducing a fully local repulsive near-contact flux in…Andrea Montessori, Maria Rosa Lisboa, Marco Lauricella et al.·Mar 18, 2026SaveLearn
Entrainment of magnetic fluid by a moving boundary of a plane gapA fluid mechanics problem is solved which technological prototype is a fluid acoustic contact that is an inherent element of ultrasonic non-destructive testing procedures. It is well known that the…Denis S. Goldobin, Yuriy L. Raikher·Mar 18, 2026SaveLearn
SIREN Residual Error as a Regularity Diagnostic for Navier-Stokes EquationsWe introduce a method for detecting regularity loss in solutions to the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations using the approximation error of Sinusoidal Representation Networks (SIRENs). SIRENs…Jason Burton·Mar 18, 2026SaveLearn
Fluid-Structure Interaction and Scaling Laws for Deterministic Encapsulation of Hyperelastic Cells in Microfluidic DropletsThe precise encapsulation of deformable particles in multiphase flows involves complex transient Fluid-Structure Interactions (FSI) and topological interfacial changes. In the context of single-cell…Andi Liu, Guohui Hu·Mar 17, 2026SaveLearn
UrbanFlow-3K: A Dataset of 3,000 Lattice-Boltzmann Simulations of Random Building LayoutsThe analysis of flow around buildings has gained significant research interest across various domains, including pedestrian safety, pollutant dispersion, natural ventilation, and building energy…Hojin Lee, Andreas Lintermann, Sangseung Lee et al.·Mar 17, 2026SaveLearn
Flow of yield stress fluid in a percolating networkWe study the flow of a Bingham yield-stress fluid in a pore network model where the throats have radii drawn from a uniform distribution. We consider the case in which a fraction of the largest radii…Nathan Abitbol, Alex Hansen, Alberto Rosso et al.·Mar 17, 2026SaveLearn
Nonlinear dynamics involving multiple modes in high-speed transitional boundary layerExtensive studies have investigated the transition mechanism of boundary layers initiated by a single primary instability. In a real-world scenario, however, multiple primary instabilities of…Xiao-Bai Li, Yifeng Chen, Chihyung Wen et al.·Mar 17, 2026SaveLearn
Polarity transitions induced by symmetry-breaking outer boundary heat flux in rapidly rotating dynamosThis study investigates, analytically and numerically, the role of an equatorially anti-symmetric lateral variation in heat flux at the outer boundary in polarity transitions in rapidly rotating…Debarshi Majumder, Binod Sreenivasan·Mar 17, 2026SaveLearn
Physics-Constrained Neural Closure for Lattice Boltzmann Large-Eddy SimulationWe present a physics-constrained, data-driven subgrid-scale (SGS) stress closure for large-eddy simulation (LES) in the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). Trained on filtered-downsampled (FD) data from…Muhammad Idrees Khan, Sauro Succi, Hua-Dong Yao et al.·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Droplet Impact on Microparticle Raft: Wettability, density and size govern splashing and microplastic ejection from rafts under raindrop impactRaindrop impact on the ocean has been proposed as a mechanism for microplastic transfer from seawater to the atmosphere, yet the interfacial dynamics governing particle ejection from floating…Muhammad Hamza Iqbal, Alfonso Arturo Castrejón-Pita, José Rafael Castrejón-Pita et al.·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Mixing with viscoelastic waves at low Reynolds numbersMixing at the microfluidic scale is challenging due to the low Reynolds numbers and often high P\'eclet numbers. Without turbulence, mixing relies solely on diffusion, resulting in slow and…Enrico Turato, Christelle N. Prinz, Jason P. Beech et al.·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Unified scaling and shape laws for turbulent premixed methane and hydrogen jet flamesThe scaling of turbulent premixed flames is typically described by correlations derived for unity-Lewis-number fuels. However, their validity for hydrogen (H2) remains uncertain due to the…Aurora Maffei, Thomas L. Howarth, Marianna Cafiero et al.·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Flow configuration and pressure effects on turbulent premixed hydrogen jet flamesTurbulent lean premixed hydrogen jet flames are simulated using direct numerical simulation employing detailed chemistry in both slot and round configurations at various pressures. All cases are…T. L. Howarth, T. Lehmann, M. Gauding et al.·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Wave propagation through periodic arrays of freely floating rectangular floesThe two-dimensional propagation of small-amplitude waves through an infinite periodic array of freely-floating rectangular floes is considered under the assumptions of inviscid linearised wave…Lloyd Dafydd, Richard Porter·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
A convolutional autoencoder and neural ODE framework for surrogate modeling of transient counterflow flamesA novel convolutional autoencoder neural ODE (CAE-NODE) framework is proposed for a reduced-order model (ROM) of transient 2D counterflow flames, as an extension of AE-NODE methods in homogeneous…Mert Yakup Baykan, Weitao Liu, Thorsten Zirwes et al.·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Non-inertial hydrodynamics of manipulating particle transportInspired by numerous lab on a chip, biomedical and bioengineering applications such as cell sorting, focusing, trapping, and filtering of particles, manipulation of micron sized particle trajectories…Partha Kumar Das·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
A minimal model of pump foil dynamicsPump foiling enables a hydrofoil surfboard to sustain forward motion on flat water using only periodic leg pumping, converting vertical oscillations into hydrodynamic lift and thrust. We present a…Eunok Yim, Francois Gallaire·Mar 15, 2026SaveLearn
Nonlocal flow sampling enables vortex trapping of heavy particlesMost analyses of inertial particle motion in vortical flows rely on the point-particle approximation, in which the fluid velocity is assumed to be linear at the scale of the particle, and for heavy…Sachin Kulkarni, Sumithra R. Yerasi, Vishwanath Kadaba Puttanna et al.·Mar 15, 2026SaveLearn
Shock-induced tipping in a thermoacoustic systemTipping refers to the transition of a system from one state to another. In this study, we focus on shock-induced tipping, which occurs due to a sudden and large disturbance in a control parameter,…Bhadra Sreelatha, Rohit Radhakrishnan, R. I. Sujith·Mar 15, 2026SaveLearn
Non-Reciprocal Capillary WavesCapillary waves are a classical free-surface phenomenon in fluid mechanics, yet their behavior in chiral fluids remains largely unexplored. We show that odd viscosity breaks the reciprocity of…Holly du Plessis, Pedro Cosme, Hugo França et al.·Mar 15, 2026SaveLearn
Dynamical compartments in stirred tank reactors and Markov state modeling for mixing quantification: a transfer operator approachIdentifying coherent flow structures in chemical reactors is crucial for understanding the mixing dynamics, which is essential for optimizing reactor performance. We demonstrate the use of a transfer…Anna Klünker, Thanh Tung Thai, Eike Steuwe et al.·Mar 14, 2026SaveLearn
A robust high-resolution algorithm for quadrature-based moment methods applied to high-speed polydisperse multiphase flowsA high-resolution Eulerian method for simulating high-speed polydisperse granular multiphase flows has been developed. The governing equations include a compressible gas that is coupled to mass-based…Jacob W. Posey, Rodney O. Fox, Ryan W. Houim·Mar 14, 2026SaveLearn