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Duality in matrix lattice Boltzmann models

One-dimensional turbulence with Burgers

Gathering together some existing results, we show that the solutions to the one-dimensional Burgers equation converge for long times towards the stationary solutions to the steady Burgers equation, whose Fourier spectrum is not integrable. This is one of the main features of wave turbulence.

Viscoelastic Fizhugh-Nagumo models

An extended Fitzhugh-Nagumo model including linear viscoelasticity is derived in general and studied in detail in the one-dimensional case. The equations of the theory are numerically integrated in two situations: (i) a free insulated fiber activated by an initial Gaussian distribution of action…

Effects of Forcing in Three-Dimensional Turbulent Flows

We present the results of a numerical investigation of three-dimensional homogeneous and isotropic turbulence, stirred by a random forcing with a power-law spectrum, Ef(k)~k3–y. Numerical simulations are performed at different resolutions up to 5123. We show that at varying the spectrum slope y,…

A Langevin dynamics approach for multi-layer mass transfer problems

We use Langevin dynamics simulations to study the mass diffusion problem across two adjacent porous layers of different transport properties. At the interface between the layers, we impose the Kedem-Katchalsky (KK) interfacial boundary condition that is well suited in a general situation. A…

Time-splitting schemes and measure source terms for a quasilinear relaxing system

Convergence and decay rate to equilibrium of bounded solutions of quasilinear parabolic equations

We study the convergence and decay rate to equilibrium of bounded solutions of the quasilinear parabolic equation ut - div a(x , ? u) + f (x , u) = 0 on a bounded domain, subject to Dirichlet boundary and to initial conditions. The data are supposed to satisfy suitable regularity and growth…

Chromatin and transcriptional response to loss of TBX1 in differentiating mouse P19Cl6 and embryonic stem cells

The T-box transcription factor TBX1 has critical roles in the cardiopharyngeal lineage and the gene is haploinsufficient in DiGeorge syndrome, a typical developmental anomaly of the pharyngeal apparatus. Despite almost two decades of research, if and how TBX1 function triggers chromatin remodeling…

A note on Lattice Boltzmann models beyond the Chapman-Enskog limit

Multiphase modeling and qualitative analysis of the growth of tumor cords

In this paper a macroscopic model of tumor cord growth is developed, relying on the mathematical theory of deformable porous media. Tumor is modeled as a saturated mixture of proliferating cells, extracellular fluid and extracellular matrix, that occupies a spatial region close to a blood vessel…