Publications 2024
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No. 2024.08
A relaxation approach to the coupling of a two-phase fluid with a linear-elastic solid
N. Kolbe and S. Müller
Subject: Numerical analysis

Abstract

A recently developed coupling strategy for two nonconservative hyperbolic systems is employed to investigate a collapsing vapor bubble embedded in a liquid near a solid. For this purpose, an elastic solid modeled by a linear system of conservation laws is coupled to the two-phase Baer-Nunziato-type model for isothermal fluids, a nonlinear hyperbolic system with non-conservative products. For the coupling of the two systems the Jin-Xin relaxation concept is employed and embedded in a second order finite volume scheme. For a proof of concept simulations in one space dimension are performed.

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arXiv:2409.05473

No. 2024.07
Optimal planar immersions of prescribed winding number and Arnold invariants
A. Lagemann and H. von der Mosel
Subject: Tangent-point energy, planar curves, immersions, Arnold invariants, Gamma convergence

Abstract

Vladimir Arnold defined three invariants for generic planar immersions, i.e. planar curves whose self-intersections are all transverse double points. We use a variational approach to study these invariants by investigating a suitably truncated knot energy, the tangent-point energy. We prove existence of energy minimizers for each truncation parameter $\delta > 0$ in a class of immersions with prescribed winding number and Arnold invariants, and establish Gamma convergence of the truncated tangent-point energies to a limiting renormalized tangent-point energy as $\delta \to 0$. Moreover, we show that any sequence of minimizers subconverges in $C^1$, and the corresponding limit curve has the same topological invariants, self-intersects exclusively at right angles, and minimizes the renormalized tangent-point energy among all curves with right self-intersection angles. In addition, the limit curve is an almost-minimizer for all of the original truncated tangent-point energies as long as the truncation parameter $\delta$ is sufficiently small. Therefore, this limit curve serves as an “optimal” curve in the class of generic planar immersions with prescribed winding number and Arnold invariants.

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arXiv:2407.04032

No. 2024.06
Dynamics of measure-valued agents in the space of probabilities
G. Borghi, M. Herty, and Stavitskiy
Subject: Multi-agent systems, Wasserstein space, consensus dynamics, measure differential inclusions, consensus-based optimization

Abstract

Motivated by the development of dynamics in probability spaces, we propose a novel multi-agent dynamic of consensus type where each agent is a probability measure. The agents move instantaneously towards a weighted barycenter of the ensemble according to the 2-Wasserstein metric. We mathematically describe the evolution as a system of measure differential inclusions and show the existence of solutions for compactly supported initial data. Inspired by the consensus-based optimization, we apply the multi-agent system to solve a minimization problem over the space of probability measures. In the small numerical example, each agent is described by a particle approximation and aims to approximate a target measure.

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arXiv:2407.06389

No. 2024.05
Well-posedness and potential-based formulation for the propagation of hydro-acoustic waves and tsunamis
J. Dubois, S. Imperiale, A. Mangeney, and J.Sainte-Marie
Subject:

Abstract

We study a linear model for the propagation of hydro-acoustic waves and tsunami in a stratified free-surface ocean. A formulation was previously obtained by linearizing the compressible Euler equations. The new formulation is obtained by studying the functional spaces and operators associated to the model. The mathematical study of this new formulation is easier and the discretization is also more efficient than for the previous formulation. We prove that both formulations are well posed and show that the solution to the first formulation can be obtained from the solution to the second. Finally, the formulations are discretized using a spectral element method, and we simulate tsunamis generation from submarine earthquakes and landslides.

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arXiv:2404.17219

No. 2024.04
Consensus-based algorithms for stochastic optimization problems
S. Bonandin and M. Herty
Subject: Mean-field limit, particle swarm optimization, random optimization problems

Abstract

We address an optimization problem where the cost function is the expectation of a random mapping. To tackle the problem two approaches based on the approximation of the objective function by consensus-based particle optimization methods on the search space are developed. The resulting methods are mathematically analyzed using a mean-field approximation and their connection is established. Several numerical experiments show the validity of the proposed algorithms and investigate their rates of convergence.

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arXiv:2404.10372

No. 2024.03
Comparison of approaches for boundary feedback control of hyperbolic systems
M. Herty and F. Thein
Subject: Optimization and control, analysis of PDEs

Abstract

The interest in boundary feedback control of multi-dimensional hyperbolic systems is increasing. In the present work we want to compare some of the recent results available in the literature.

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arXiv:2401.14137

No. 2024.02
The Shizuta-Kawashima Condition for the Barotropic SHTC Two Fluid Model
F. Thein
Subject: Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

Recently the barotropic two fluid model belonging to the class of symmetric hyperbolic thermodynamically compatible (SHTC) systems was studied in detail in [13]. There the question was raised whether the dissipative structure introduced by the source terms satisfies the Shizuta - Kawashima condition. This well-known condition is a sufficient criterion for the existence of global smooth solutions of the studied system. In this work we exploit the dissipative structure of the system under consideration and verify that the Shizuta-Kawashima condition holds.

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arXiv:2401.14134

No. 2024.01
Radially symmetric solutions of the ultra-relativistic Euler equations in several space dimensions
M. Kunik, A. Kolb, S. Müller, and F. Thein
Subject: Relativistic Euler equations, conservation laws, hyperbolic systems, Lorentz transformations, shock waves, entropy conditions, rarefaction waves

Abstract

The ultra-relativistic Euler equations for an ideal gas are described in terms of the pressure, the spatial part of the dimensionless four-velocity and the particle density. Radially symmetric solutions of these equations are studied in two and three space dimensions. Of particular interest in the solutions are the formation of shock waves and a pressure blow up. For the investigation of these phenomena we develop a one-dimensional scheme using radial symmetry and integral conservation laws. We compare the numerical results with solutions of multi-dimensional high-order numerical schemes for general initial data in two space dimensions. The presented test cases and results may serve as interesting benchmark tests for multi-dimensional solvers.

Reference

J. Comput. Phys. 518 (2024), 113330

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arXiv:2402.12857