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Numerical schemes for the Barenblatt model of non-equilibrium two-phase flow in porous media

We introduce some numerical approximations to a quasilinear problem proposed by G. I. Barenblatt to describe non-equilibrium two-phase fluid flows in permeable porous media, which apply to secondary oil recovery from natural reservoirs. Taking into account the theoretical results of global…

Long-time behaviour of the approximate solution to quasi-convolution Volterra equations

The integral representation of some biological phenomena consists in Volterra equations whose kernels involve a convolution term plus a non convolution one. Some significative applications arise in linearised models of cell migration and collective motion, as described in Di Costanzo et al. (…

Fast semi-Lagrangian schemes for the Eikonal equation and applications

Grand Orlicz spaces and integrability of the Jacobian

We introduce and investigate the grand Orlicz spaces and the grand Lorentz-Orlicz spaces. An application to the problem of global integrability of the Jacobian of orientation preserving mappings is given.

Discrete fluidization of dense monodisperse emulsions in neutral wetting microchannels

The rheology of pressure-driven flows of two-dimensional dense monodisperse emulsions in neutral wetting microchannels is investigated by means of mesoscopic lattice Boltzmann simulations, capable of handling large collections of droplets, in the order of several hundreds. The simulations reveal…

A study on the effect of the cushion pressure on a planing surface

The study of a planing flat plate may be considered as a topic of wide interest for academic and industrial applications. From experimental and numerical studies, flow separation occurs near the stagnation point and a thin jet sprays forward along the plate, while a clear wave pattern develops…

Electrocardiogram of the Mixmaster Universe

The Mixmaster dynamics is revisited in a new light as revealing a series of transitions in the complex scale invariant scalar invariant of the Weyl curvature tensor best represented by the speciality index S, which gives a 4-dimensional measure of the evolution of the spacetime independent of all…

ALIASING AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL WELL-BALANCED FOR DRIFT-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS ON SQUARE GRIDS

A notion of "2D well-balanced" for drift-diffusion is proposed. Exactness at steady-state, typical in 1D, is weakened by aliasing errors when deriving "truly 2D" numerical fluxes from local Green's function. A main ingredient for proving that such a property holds is the optimality of the…

Characterization of model errors in the calculation of tangent heights for atmospheric infrared limb measurements

We review the main factors driving the calculation of the tangent height of spaceborne limb measurements: the ray-tracing method, the refractive index model and the assumed atmosphere. We find that commonly used ray tracing and refraction models are very accurate, at least in the mid-infrared. The…

Mesoscopic lattice Boltzmann modeling of soft-glassy systems: Theory and simulations