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Dimensionality and morphology of particle and bubble clusters in turbulent flow

On the hydrostatic limit of stably stratified fluids with isopycnal diffusivity.

This article is concerned with the rigorous justification of the hydrostatic limit for continuously stratified incompressible fluids under the influence of gravity. The main peculiarity of this work with respect to previous studies is that no (regularizing) viscosity contribution is added to the…

A fully-discrete-state kinetic theory approach to modeling vehicular traffic

This paper presents a new mathematical model of vehicular traffic, based on the methods of the generalized kinetic theory, in which the space of microscopic states (position and speed) of the vehicles is genuinely discrete. While in the recent literature discrete-velocity kinetic models of car…

NOVEL METEOR SIMULATION AND OBSERVATION TECHNIQUES THAT EMERGED FROM BIG-SKY-EARTH COST ACTION

The cooperation of scientists in Big-Sky-Earth COST Action creates an emergent group of researchers with relation to meteor science. Selected cases of development of novel approaches and techniques for meteor simulation and observation are presented.

Analysis of the HBLA-B27 extended haplotype in Sardinia disclosed additional predisposing factors for Ankylosing Spondylitis.

Regularization of the slip length divergence in water nanoflows by inhomogeneities at the Angstrom scale

Rheology of an Inverted Cholesteric Droplet under Shear Flow

The dynamics of a quasi two-dimensional isotropic droplet in a cholesteric liquid crystal medium under symmetric shear flow is studied by lattice Boltzmann simulations. We consider a geometry in which the flow direction is along the axis of the cholesteric, as this setup exhibits a significant…

Heat-Jarrow-Morton interest rate dynamics and approximately consistent forward rate curves

We study a finite{dimensional approach to the Heath Jarrow Morton model for interest rate and introduce a notion of approximate consistency for a family of functions in a deterministic and stochastic framework. This amounts to asking the decrease of the minimum distance in least squares sense. We…

Unified framework for a side-by-side comparison of different multicomponent algorithms: Lattice Boltzmann vs. phase field model

Lattice Boltzmann models (LBM) and phase field models (PFM) are two of the most widespread approaches for the numerical study of multicomponent fluid systems. Both methods have been successfully employed by several authors but, despite their popularity, still remains unclear how to properly compare…

Elastic Characterization of S- and P-Wave Velocities in Marinelike Silica: The Role of Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics

The alpha-quartz polymorph of SiO2 forms the basis of mineral sands stable down to 100 km depths below the surface, making it of central geoscientific relevance. The characterization of the nanoscale properties of these materials is of importance, especially for elastic properties governing phonon…