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  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,755 Views
19 Pages

5 March 2019

The present paper covers the numerical prediction of the propagation and run-up of a solitary wave over non-flat seabed with various slope angles using a refined MPS (moving particle simulation) method. In the refined method, the corrected gradient m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics for Marine and Offshore Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,260 Views
16 Pages

19 February 2024

The moving particle simulation (MPS) method is a simulation technique capable of calculating free surface and incompressible flows. As a particle-based method, MPS requires significant computational resources when simulating flow in a large-scale dom...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,835 Views
17 Pages

Metallic Particle Motion and Breakdown at AC Voltages in CO2/O2 and SF6

  • Lise Donzel,
  • Martin Seeger,
  • Daniel Over and
  • Jan Carstensen

12 April 2022

This study deals with gaseous insulation contaminated by free moving particles. Two gases were investigated: SF6 (0.45 MPa) and a CO2/O2 gas mixture (0.75 MPa). Video recordings were used to track a free particle moving between a plate and a Rogowski...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,222 Views
11 Pages

20 December 2022

We investigate the effect of time-dependent boundary conditions on the dynamics of a quantum bouncer—a particle falling in a homogeneous gravitational field on a moving mirror. We examine more particularly the way a moving mirror modifies the p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,624 Views
16 Pages

Counterintuitive Particle Confinement in a Helical Force-Free Plasma

  • Adam D. Light,
  • Hariharan Srinivasulu,
  • Christopher J. Hansen and
  • Michael R. Brown

26 May 2025

The force-free magnetic field solution formed in a high-aspect ratio cylinder is a non-axisymmetric (m=1), closed magnetic structure that can be produced in laboratory experiments. Force-free equilibria can have strong field gradients that break the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Plasma Sciences 2025)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,220 Views
15 Pages

30 April 2024

Considering that Einstein’s relation between the diffusion coefficient and the drift mobility of free randomly moving charge carriers in homogeneous materials including metals is always valid, it is shown that the effective electric force actin...

(This article belongs to the Section Computation and Simulation on Metals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,032 Views
23 Pages

As a Lagrangian mesh-free method, the moving particle semi-implicit (MPS) method can easily handle complex incompressible flow with a free surface. However, some deficiencies of the MPS method, such as inaccurate results, unphysical pressure oscillat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Fluid Mechanics II)
  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,055 Views
31 Pages

Review of the State-of-Art of MPS Method in Ocean Engineering

  • Zhe Sun,
  • Li-Yuan Dou,
  • Si-Yuan Tan,
  • Zi-Kai Xu and ,
  • Kamal Djidjeli and
  • Yan Zhou
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

When dealing with the complex deformation of free surface such as wave breaking, traditional mesh-based Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) methods often face problems arising alongside grid distortion and re-meshing. Therefore, the meshless method be...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Particle/Grid-Based Methods and Applications in Marine and Ocean Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,160 Views
25 Pages

Tomographic Description of a Quantum Wave Packet in an Accelerated Frame

  • Sergio De Nicola,
  • Renato Fedele,
  • Dušan Jovanović,
  • Margarita A. Man’ko and
  • Vladimir I. Man’ko

19 May 2021

The tomography of a single quantum particle (i.e., a quantum wave packet) in an accelerated frame is studied. We write the Schrödinger equation in a moving reference frame in which acceleration is uniform in space and an arbitrary function of time. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,885 Views
22 Pages

Experimental Solid–Liquid Mass Transfer around Free-Moving Particles in an Air-Lift Membrane Bioreactor with Optical Techniques

  • Naila Bouayed,
  • Manon Montaner,
  • Claude Le Men,
  • Johanne Teychené and ,
  • Christine Lafforgue,
  • Nicolas Dietrich,
  • Chung-Hak Lee and
  • Christelle Guigui
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

21 October 2022

This article focuses on the study of the mass transfer involved in the application of a bacterial antifouling technique for membrane bioreactors (MBR), via the addition of solid media. These alginate objects can contain a biological system capable of...

(This article belongs to the Collection Advances in Flow of Multiphase Fluids and Granular Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,056 Views
12 Pages

In this paper, we study the properties of some elementary automata. We have obtained the characteristics of these cellular automata. The concept of the spectrum for a more general class than the class of elementary automata is introduced. We introduc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,904 Views
17 Pages

29 March 2024

We consider the two- and n-body problems on the two-dimensional conformal sphere MR2, with a radius R>0. We employ an alternative potential free of singularities at antipodal points. We study the limit of relative equilibria under the SO(2) symmet...

(This article belongs to the Section C1: Difference and Differential Equations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,915 Views
18 Pages

13 June 2018

Many self-assembly approaches of colloidal monolayers have flourished but with some shortages, such as complexity, time-consumption, parameter sensitivity, and high-cost. This paper presents a facile, rapid, well-controlled, and low-cost method to pr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Self-Assembly of Polymers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
695 Views
23 Pages

The simulation of free-surface flows in hydraulic engineering presents several challenges due to the intrinsic complexity of modeling a fluid that continuously deforms and evolves over time. In this context, the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH)...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Simulation of Fluid-Structure Interactions by CFD (2nd Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,666 Views
24 Pages

Particle settling is the process by which particulates move toward the bottom of a liquid, which can affect the sediment transport and energy balance of marine systems. However, the deficiency in understanding the resolved fluid–particle intera...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Oceanography)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,902 Views
9 Pages

16 March 2021

Motivated by recent research on the iterative approach proposed for the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (ISPH) method, some ideas to improve the process are introduced. The standard procedure is enhanced iterating on the residuals preserving the matr...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,283 Views
13 Pages

Inertia–Acoustophoresis Hybrid Microfluidic Device for Rapid and Efficient Cell Separation

  • Uihwan Kim,
  • Byeolnim Oh,
  • Jiyeon Ahn,
  • Sangwook Lee and
  • Younghak Cho

22 June 2022

In this paper, we proposed an integrated microfluidic device that could demonstrate the non-contact, label-free separation of particles and cells through the combination of inertial microfluidics and acoustophoresis. The proposed device integrated tw...

(This article belongs to the Section Biosensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
7,160 Views
15 Pages

26 May 2021

The current study aimed to investigate the effects of ultrasound-assisted emulsification on the emulsifying and rheological properties of myofibrillar protein (MP) pork fat emulsions under different protein/fat ratios. Changes in emulsion profile, co...

(This article belongs to the Section Meat)
  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
4,819 Views
20 Pages

On Blockage Effects for a Tidal Turbine in Free Surface Proximity

  • Nitin Kolekar,
  • Ashwin Vinod and
  • Arindam Banerjee

28 August 2019

Experiments with a three-bladed, constant chord tidal turbine were undertaken to understand the influence of free surface proximity on blockage effects and near-wake flow field. The turbine was placed at various depths as rotational speeds were varie...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fluid Dynamics in Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy System)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,259 Views
24 Pages

9 November 2022

For solitary waves on a horizontal bed, the study deals experimentally with the high ratio of wave height (H0) to still water depth (h0) that amplifies the wave nonlinearity. The value of H0/h0 tested in a wave flume ranges from 0.050 to 0.550, indic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Experimental Hydraulics, Coast and Ocean Hydrodynamics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,768 Views
17 Pages

29 June 2019

A Multi-Resolution Weakly Compressible Moving-Particle Semi-Implicit (MR-WC-MPS) method is presented in this paper for simulation of free-surface flows. To reduce the computational costs, as with the multi-grid schemes used in mesh-based methods, the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modelling Flow, Water Quality, and Sediment Transport Processes in Coastal, Estuarine, and Inland Waters)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,862 Views
20 Pages

A PT -Symmetric Dual-Core System with the Sine-Gordon Nonlinearity and Derivative Coupling

  • Jesús Cuevas-Maraver,
  • Boris A. Malomed and
  • Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

26 May 2016

As an extension of the class of nonlinear PT -symmetric models, we propose a system of sine-Gordon equations, with the PT symmetry represented by balanced gain and loss in them. The equations are coupled by sine-field terms and first-order...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Parity-Time Symmetry in Optics and Photonics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,237 Views
15 Pages

7 May 2021

A transient three-dimensional (3D) numerical model was established to illustrate the heat transfer, fluid flow and particle migration behaviors in the molten pool during TIG-assisted droplet deposition manufacturing (DDM) of SiC particle-reinforced a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Metal and Ceramic Matrix Composites)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,897 Views
15 Pages

30 June 2018

The mesh-free particle method is the latest method in the computational fluid dynamics field. It has become well-known due to its application for simulating any kind of interface deformation and fragmentation, including large disturbance on the inter...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,708 Views
15 Pages

Near-Wall Settling Behavior of a Particle in Stratified Fluids

  • Minglu Dai,
  • Chengxu Tu,
  • Pengfei Du,
  • Zhongke Kuang and ,
  • Jiaming Shan,
  • Xu Wang and
  • Fubing Bao
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

25 November 2022

The phenomenon of near-wall particle settling in a stratified fluid is an emerging topic in the field of multiphase flow, and it is also widely found in nature and engineering applications. In stratified fluids, particle settling characteristics are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,105 Views
22 Pages

Impact of Microbial Uptake on the Nutrient Plume around Marine Organic Particles: High-Resolution Numerical Analysis

  • George E. Kapellos,
  • Hermann J. Eberl,
  • Nicolas Kalogerakis,
  • Patrick S. Doyle and
  • Christakis A. Paraskeva

The interactions between marine bacteria and particulate matter play a pivotal role in the biogeochemical cycles of carbon and associated inorganic elements in the oceans. Eutrophic plumes typically form around nutrient-releasing particles and host i...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,962 Views
17 Pages

A Novel Antenna for Partial Discharge Measurements in GIS Based on Magnetic Field Detection

  • Armando Rodrigo-Mor,
  • Fabio Andrés Muñoz and
  • Luis Carlos Castro-Heredia

19 February 2019

This paper presents a new concept for partial discharge measurements in gas insulated systems (GIS). The proposed technique uses a novel GIS magnetic antenna that measures the magnetic field produced by partial discharges (PD) propagating in GIS. The...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue UHF and RF Sensor Technology for Partial Discharge Detection)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
2,510 Views
18 Pages

9 February 2022

The algebras of the symmetry operators for the Hamilton–Jacobi and Klein–Gordon–Fock equations are found for a charged test particle, moving in an external electromagnetic field in a spacetime manifold on the isotropic (null) hypers...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry: Feature Papers 2022)
  • Article
  • Open Access
295 Views
18 Pages

Position-Amplified Particle Manipulation and Targeted Placement Using Magnetic Levitation with Moving Dual-Ring Permanent Magnets

  • Huadong Zhu,
  • Hao Wang,
  • Chengqian Zhang,
  • Chenxin Lyu and ,
  • Baocai Zhang and
  • Peng Zhao
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

24 September 2026

Label-free and non-contact manipulation methods capable of actively regulating particle trajectories are important for particle handling, selective separation, and targeted collection. However, conventional magnetic-levitation approaches primarily re...

(This article belongs to the Section Separation Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,211 Views
20 Pages

In connection with the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, a review of joint works of the Lebedev Institute and the Mexican research group at UNAM is presented, especially related to solving the old problem of the state description,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 100 Years of Quantum Mechanics)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,851 Views
21 Pages

We provide a detailed description of the path-integral Monte Carlo worm algorithm used to exactly calculate the thermodynamics of Bose systems in the canonical ensemble. The algorithm is fully consistent with periodic boundary conditions, which are a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Methods for Quantum Matter)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,708 Views
29 Pages

10 March 2020

We numerically study herein the AC electrokinetic motion of Janus mobile microelectrode (ME) arrays in electrolyte solution in a wide field frequency, which holds great potential for biomedical applications. A fully coupled physical model, which inco...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microelectrode Arrays and Application to Medical Devices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
900 Views
17 Pages

8 December 2025

Dam-break flows involve strong non-linearity and complex fluid–solid interactions, often causing severe flooding and structural damage. Particle-based CFD methods, such as the Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS) method, are effective in modelin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue High-Order Numerical Methods and Computational Fluid Dynamics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
802 Views
38 Pages

Nonlinear Motion Analysis of Floating Bodies in Waves Using the MPS Method

  • Xianglong Fu,
  • Di Ren,
  • Jun Soo Park,
  • Xiangxi Han and ,
  • Junlong Su,
  • Zhanbin Meng and
  • Kunpeng Chen
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

8 April 2026

This paper develops a two-dimensional fully Lagrangian meshless fluid–structure interaction solver by integrating the Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS) method with continuum mechanics to investigate the nonlinear interaction between waves and...

(This article belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1,050 Views
24 Pages

On the Use of the Meshless Material Point Method for Microelectronic Devices

  • Sjoerd D. M. de Jong,
  • Willem D. van Driel and
  • Guoqi Zhang

4 March 2026

In this work, the Material Point Method (MPM) is reviewed for application in the microelectronics industry. Microelectronic processes often involve large deformations, evolving interfaces, multiphysics coupling, and complex geometries that challenge...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Meshless Methods and Their Applications)
  • Essay
  • Open Access
231 Views
39 Pages

12 October 2026

Classical natural philosophy sought the natural law governing the motion of free bodies long before daring to construct the appropriate mathematical formalism. Following this longstanding methodological perspective, in the present work General Relati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in 'Physics' Section 2026)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,832 Views
12 Pages

Automatic and Selective Single Cell Manipulation in a Pressure-Driven Microfluidic Lab-On-Chip Device

  • Yigang Shen,
  • Zhenyu Song,
  • Yimo Yan,
  • Yongxin Song and ,
  • Xinxiang Pan and
  • Qi Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

A microfluidic lab-on-chip device was developed to automatically and selectively manipulate target cells at the single cell level. The device is composed of a microfluidic chip, mini solenoid valves with negative-pressurized soft tubes, and a LabView...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from 2016 International Conference of Microfluidics, Nanofluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,289 Views
19 Pages

22 April 2021

To sample from complex, high-dimensional distributions, one may choose algorithms based on the Hybrid Monte Carlo (HMC) method. HMC-based algorithms generate nonlocal moves alleviating diffusive behavior. Here, I build on an already defined HMC frame...

(This article belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,762 Views
11 Pages

Mini-Hydrocyclone Separation of Cyanobacterial and Green Algae: Impact on Cell Viability and Chlorine Consumption

  • Saber Moradinejad,
  • Dries Vandamme,
  • Caitlin M. Glover,
  • Tahere Zadfathollah Seighalani and
  • Arash Zamyadi

16 July 2019

The co-occurrence of non-toxic phytoplankton alongside cyanobacteria adds to the challenge of treating source waters with harmful algal blooms. The non-toxic species consume the oxidant and, thereby, reduce the efficacy of oxidation of both the extra...

(This article belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,467 Views
22 Pages

25 December 2022

In this work, the flow field of an autorotating rotor in a water tunnel with various pitches and shaft backward angles was investigated via particle image velocimetry (PIV). The experiments were carried out on a free-rotating two-bladed single rotor....

  • Article
  • Open Access
110 Citations
9,635 Views
10 Pages

Piezoelectric Nanogenerator Based on Lead-Free Flexible PVDF-Barium Titanate Composite Films for Driving Low Power Electronics

  • Manisha Sahu,
  • Sugato Hajra,
  • Kyungtaek Lee,
  • PL Deepti and ,
  • Krystian Mistewicz and
  • Hoe Joon Kim
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 January 2021

Self-powered sensor development is moving towards miniaturization and requires a suitable power source for its operation. The piezoelectric nanogenerator (PENG) is a potential candidate to act as a partial solution to suppress the burgeoning energy d...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials for Energy Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,787 Views
20 Pages

6 March 2020

High-temperature thermal energy storage enables concentrated solar power plants to provide base load. Thermochemical energy storage is based on reversible gas–solid reactions and brings along the advantage of potential loss-free energy storage...

(This article belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
9,671 Views
12 Pages

A Novel Approach for Partial Discharge Measurements on GIS Using HFCT Sensors

  • Armando Rodrigo Mor,
  • Luis Carlos Castro Heredia and
  • Fabio Andres Muñoz

18 December 2018

This paper presents a novel measuring system for partial discharge (PD) measurements in Gas Insulated Systems (GIS) using high frequency current transformers (HFCT). The system is based on the measurement of the induced PD currents in the GIS enclosu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue UHF and RF Sensor Technology for Partial Discharge Detection)
  • Article
  • Open Access
626 Views
21 Pages

Fluid–structure interaction (FSI) research is crucial for applications in fields such as naval engineering, geological hazards, and biomechanics. Traditional grid-based methods (such as CFD) often face challenges in simulating large-deformation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
276 Views
32 Pages

Effect of Beavers–Joseph Interfacial Slip on Thermocapillary Migration of a Brinkman Porous Sphere

  • Mohamed El Sayed,
  • Ahmed Saeed Ibrahim Aamer,
  • Baraa A. Ahmed,
  • Osman Osman and
  • Samar A. Mahrous

1 October 2026

One might expect interfacial slip to help permeable microcarriers move; for thermocapillary propulsion, we show the opposite. For a rigid Brinkman porous sphere in a Newtonian liquid at low Reynolds and Péclet numbers, we couple exterior Stoke...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics: Theory and Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,139 Views
33 Pages

The Environmental Pathways and Veterinary Health Implications of Microplastics and Nanoplastics: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Emerging Contaminants from a One Health Perspective

  • Muhammad Farhan Rahim,
  • Saisai Gong,
  • Kewei Li,
  • Chuxian Quan and ,
  • Farah Ijaz,
  • Yan Li,
  • Quan Mo and
  • Jiakui Li
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

20 February 2026

Background: Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) are now common in land and water ecosystems. Their spread is an increasing issue from a One Health perspective. These particles end up in soils, water, air, and farm inputs. This poses direct ris...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Review Paper Special Issue: Nutritional Metabolism and Toxic Diseases in Veterinary Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,123 Views
13 Pages

2 February 2025

In this work, we obtained exact solutions of Einstein’s field equations for plane symmetric cosmological models by assuming that they admit conformal motion. The space-time geometry of these solutions is found to be nonsingular, non-vacuum and...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,209 Views
7 Pages

The electron acceleration, in a laser wakefield accelerator, controlled through plasma density inhomogeneity is studied on a basis of 2.5-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation. The acceleration requires a concordance of the density scale length and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Progress in Laser Accelerator and Future Prospects)
  • Article
  • Open Access
486 Views
15 Pages

Dislocation Reactions in a Crystal of Soft Particles in the Form of a Transversely Compressed Bundle of Carbon Nanotubes

  • Olga V. Andrukhova,
  • Andrey A. Ovcharov,
  • Daria A. Durasova,
  • Vladimir A. Bryzgalov and ,
  • Arseny M. Kazakov,
  • Marat A. Ilgamov,
  • Elena A. Korznikova and
  • Sergey V. Dmitriev
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

29 June 2026

Properties of defects in crystals composed of soft particles, such as colloids, differ markedly from those in metals. In this work, dislocation reactions in a bundle of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are investigated using relaxational molecular dynamics. T...

(This article belongs to the Section Carbon Materials and Carbon Allotropes)

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